Christmas Ham

For Christmas this year I made a Holiday Ham. I started with a Safeway Pre-Glazed Spiral Sliced Ham and I followed America's Test Kitchen cooking method with a few additions of my own. The ham came out moist and full of flavor. I definitely recommend this cooking method. 

1.) Leaving the ham in it's plastic wrapper soak the ham in a large container (I used a small cooler) filled with warm water. Soak for about 90 minutes. If you want, change the water at the 45 minute mark. This brings the internal temprature of the ham up and reduces the heating time.

2.) Cover the ham at even intervals with whole cloves.

3.) Place the ham inside an oven baking bage and seal. Poke four holes at the top for ventilation. If you have an oven read thermometer place in the ham, but don't touch the ham. place the bagged ham in a baking dish or roasting pan face down.

4.) Heat the ham till it has an internal temp. of about 100 to 110 degrees. About 90 minutes

5.) Remove ham from oven and open bag. Fold bag all the way down to expose ham. using toothpicks attach pineapple rings and maraschino cherries to side of ham. Coat ham with a homemade glaze. I made one out of Ornage Marmalade, maple syrup and dijon mustard from ATC. Look for your favorite recipe.

6.)Place ham back in oven and heat until about 130 degrees. Remove ham and apply another coat of glaze. Remove ham from baking pan and place on platter. Add some of the ham juices to your simmering glaze. Slice ham off the bone and serve with remaining glaze as gravy.