Cordony glazed ham.
Cook time: 1 hour 30 mins | Prep time: 35 mins | Serves: 30
Ingredients.
8-9kg Whole leg ham
4 x 450g Pineapple, slices in juice
2 x 700g Apricots, halved in juice
1 x 680g Morello cherries, pitted
Ham syrup
Leftover juices from pineapple, apricots and morello pitted cherries
500g white sugar
500ml dry sherry
What you will need:
Toothpicks
Cooking twine
Linen napkin or cheese cloth
Christmas ribbon
Sprigs of rosemary
Method.
STEP 1
Preheat oven to 160°C fan forced (320°F) and get a large baking tray to fit the ham. Have a little space on the sides for the glaze to drip down into the tray.
Soak toothpicks in water for 10 minutes (so they don't burn)
With a pairing knife cut around the base of the bone, where the ham starts.
Peel the skin slowly away from the ham, leaving the fat intact.
With a paring knife, cut through the fat lightly in a large diamond pattern
Get a piece of baking paper 20cm long and wrap it around the bone, tie-up with twine ready to bake.
STEP 2
Use 2 toothpicks for the top and bottom of the pineapple. Evenly distribute the pineapple over the ham making sure they are touching each other to cover the ham.
Place a cherry on the inside of an apricot. And secure with a toothpick
Then place the apricot in the centre of the pineapple and push the toothpick in to secure it.
STEP 3
Pour 1/2 of the ham syrup over the dressed ham. Place into the oven.
Bake for 1.5 hours, intermittently coating with the ham syrup and the excess syrup at the bottom of the baking dish with a brush and spoon. Make sure you coat all the fruit so they don't burn. Approximately 6 - 8 times. For the last 20 minutes add the leftover fruit to the base of the tray.
STEP 4
Take ham out of the oven. Discard some of the toothpicks so the pineapples don’t fall off before serving. Transfer to a large platter or chopping board.
Wrap the bone with a linen cloth and secure with Christmas ribbon securing rosemary in the ribbon to sit on bone.
Carefully drizzle/ place fruit onto the ham before serving.
Place excess juice into a jug to pour over sliced ham.
Ham syrup
Place all the ingredients into a large pot and simmer for 1 hour on low. The syrup will be thick enough to cover the back of the spoon. Keep in the fridge until ready to use.
Enjoy! Amanda x