Ginger Beer Glazed Ham

This years Christmas ham was glazed with ginger beer glaze which I found on delicious Australia website.

We had a smaller ham so I reduced the ingredients by half.

Ingredients

4-5 kg whole leg ham on the bone

Ginger beer glaze Ingredients

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup soy sauce

3 whole cloves

1 cm piece ginger, peeled, sliced

3/4 cup ginger beer

2 kaffir lime leaves

1 1/2 star anise

1/2 cinnamon stick

5 cloves garlic, halved

1/2 cup red wine

1 tsp mustard seeds

Method

1. For the glaze, combine all ingredients in a saucepan over a medium heat and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and cook for 40 minutes or until reduced by 2/3rds. Set aside to cool completely. Strain glaze into a bowl, discarding solids.

2. Preheat oven to 160° C. fan. Using a small sharp knife, cut around ham shank in a zigzag pattern, then carefully run knife under skin, around the edges of the ham.

3. Gently lift off the skin in 1 piece by running your fingers between the rind and fat. Discard the skin, then score fat in parallel lines, 1 cm apart. Cover ham hock with tinfoil, place ham in a rack in a large roasting pan, pour 1 cup water in bottom of pan.

4. Baste fat with some glaze. Roast ham, basting every 15 minutes for 1 hour 10 minutes or until caramelised.

It was delicious and I will definitely make this one again.

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