Today was the day to cook and serve my ham for lunch! We pulled it out of the walk in and put the glaze all over it and let it in the oven at 350 degrees for about an hour and a half. Every 20 minutes or so I would pull it out and add more glaze to it building up the flavor on the outside. When there was only about 45 minutes left until we were serving I added the fruit skewers and glazed it all one last time.
About 20 minutes before lunch was going to start we pulled it out and let it rest under the heat lamps we had set up earlier that day.
The second part of my assignment to cook the ham was to slice and serve to on the spot at my carving station. Rex was out there helping me too.
Everybody loved it! It was the first ham I've ever cooked and it was a hit. I stayed out there through almost the entire lunch while people came back for seconds. I didn't try any of it, but I had people tell me that it was probably the best ham they've ever had.
Twice-Smoked Orgasmic Ham (Yes..that's really the name)
1 (12-15 pound) smoked bone-in ham
Whole cloves
Pineapple slices
Maraschino cherries
1 cup frozen tangerine juice concentrate
1 cup Polaner apricot perserves
1/2 cup French Pommery mustard
1/2 cup Grey poupon dijon mustard
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp coarse ground black pepper
1/2 tsp cayenne
Smoke the ham at 225 degrees for 3 hours. (We cold smoked ours with apple chips for about 4 hours). Remove the ham and place on a sheet pan. Secure the pineapple slices and the cherries to the ham with toothpicks.
To make the glaze, combine the tangerine juice concentrate, preserves, mustards, brown sugar, ground cloves and peppers in a bowl and mix well. Generously slather the ham with glaze and bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours. Brush the ham with the glaze every 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for 30 minutes before carving. "This ham is soo good it will have you Oooing and Ahhing!"
**Side note: Amy's husband showed up right after lunch and had some leftovers..he liked it by the way ... and Amy decided to try a little bit of it. She looked at me and told me it was soo good and basically told me that it lived up to it's "orgasmic" name! Ha ha ha. I know she won't like me writing that in here, but I just had to. :)
Definitely the best ham I have ever tasted. You are awesome!! and the pictures turned out great!
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