Vanilla Maple Glazed Ham

🧂 Ingredients

• 5 - 6 kg Christmas Ham

  skin removed
• 1 tbsp 5 spice
• 1 tsp 5 spice
• 20-30 cloves
• 1 vanilla bean

  seeds removed
• 2.5 blood oranges

  zested & juiced
• .5 blood orange

  cut in 3 circular slices
• 250 ml maple syrup
• 250 ml water

Instructions

• 1 Place all ingredients in saucepan and bring to a simmer on medium heat, stirring
  regularly.
• 2 Reduce glaze to 1/4 of original volume (approx 20mins) keeping an eye so it
  doesn’t boil over or burn
• 3 Remove skin gently by slicing down either side of the ham working towards the
  bone. Careful not to slice too deep.
• 4 Cut around the bone to the cuts down the side and gently start to peel the skin
  back
• 5 Once skin has removed cutting approx 1” apart slice through the fat diagonally
  from top left to bottom right
• 6 Repeat diagonal cuts from top right to bottom left so that you have cross
  crosses/diamonds
• 7 Place a clove inside each diamond you have cut. Also place 3 pieces of blood
  orange over the ham and stud with cloves (you can decide where you want them to
  go)
• 8 Baste with glaze all over and place in oven @160c for approx 1.5hrs
• 9 Every 15mins remove ham from oven and baste all over with remaining glaze and
  also pan juices
• 10 Once ham is glazed to your liking & internal temp is 60c remove from oven, allow
  to rest for 20mins and paint with glaze from pan

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