Baked Ham With Root Beer Glaze

Name: Baked Ham With Root Beer Glaze
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1 1/2 fully cooked bone-in smoked ham (about 7 pounds total; preferably shank end); 2 c. root beer; 1 c. light brown sugar; 3 tbsp. grated fresh ginger; 2 tbsp. whole grain mustard; 1 tbsp. lemon juice; 2 tbsp. whole cloves

By The Good Housekeeping Test KitchenPublished: Mar 21, 2016

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root beer glazed ham on a platter with utensils and a vase with flowers

Mike Garten

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Prep Time:

10 mins

Total Time:

10 mins

We bet you've never glazed a ham like this before.

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Ingredients

1 1/2
fully cooked bone-in smoked ham (about 7 pounds total; preferably shank end)
2 cups
root beer
1 cup
light brown sugar
3 Tbsp.
grated fresh ginger
2 Tbsp.
whole grain mustard
1 Tbsp.
lemon juice
2 Tbsp.
whole cloves

Directions

1. Step 1Heat oven to 325°F and set a rack inside a roasting pan. Place the ham cut-side down on cutting board and with tip of knife, score ham by making long cuts from top of ham to bottom, cutting through tough skin and going about 1/4 in. deep. Make second set of cuts perpendicular to first set to form diamond pattern all over ham. Place cut-side down on rack.
2. Step 2In medium bowl, whisk root beer, sugar, ginger, mustard and lemon juice. Pour all over ham. Press 1 clove into center of each diamond on surface of ham. Cover the ham and the pan with foil and bake 11⁄2 hours.
3. Step 3Uncover, baste with root beer glaze in bottom of pan and bake, basting every 20 minutes, until the ham is heated through and the internal temperature registers 140°F, 1 to 11⁄2 hours more. Transfer hame to cutting board and remove and discard cloves.
4. Step 4Pour drippings from pan into small bowl. Slice ham, arrange on a platter and serve with pan drippings.