sweet bourbon ham

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (8 1/2 pound) cooked bone-in ham (shank end)
• 40 whole cloves
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup
• 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 45 mins

Ready Time: 3 hrs 35 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c).
• remove skin and excess fat from ham, leaving a fat layer about 1/4-inch thick. score ham in a diamond pattern with a sharp knife. push cloves into the center of the scored diamond shapes. place ham with cut side down into a roasting pan.
• bake ham in the preheated oven until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat, not touching bone, reads 125 degrees f (52 degrees c), about 2 hours.
• combine brown sugar, whiskey, and black pepper in a bowl until glaze is smooth.
• raise oven temperature to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• baste ham with 1/3 the whiskey glaze. return to oven and bake until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees f (60 degrees c), basting ham with whiskey glaze every 10 minutes. cover ham loosely with a tent of aluminum foil if ham browns too quickly.
• let ham rest for 15 minutes before carving.