Ingredients
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 cup fresh pineapple juice
- 3/4 – 1 cup brown sugar
- 11/2 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 51/2 lb frozen boneless ham (or with bone)
- cloves
Instructions
- leave frozen ham on counter top overnight to thaw
- preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- remove packaging from ham. place ham with net in a baking dish and over in foil. place in preheated oven to bake for 21/2 hours (depends on the packaging instructions). once ham is half way cooked, start on glaze
- in a pot add, juices (also store bought pineapple orange juice can be used as well), vinegar and sugar. stir until sugar is dissolved. bring to a boil and reduce heat to allow the glaze to simmer for about 15-20 minutes until thicken.
- remove from heat. check ham at the 3/4 mark (in cooking )and remove from oven. remove foil and remove the ham from the current baking dish and place in another as the sauce/water from the ham may be very salty depending on the ham used, cut off net and cut ham (criss cross). take cloves and place in the grooves. next using a pastry brush, apply the glaze all over make sure the incisions aren’t left out. return back to the oven to bake for the remaining time, making sure to check it constantly.
- remove from oven allow to cool, and slice into smaller pieces
- enjoy with bread! ..
