Honey Baked Ham (the Real Thing!)

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 fully-cooked shank half ham, bone in (pre-sliced is best)
• 1 cup sugar (i like to use 1/2 brown sugar and 1/2 )
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon paprika
• 1 dash ground ginger
• 1 dash ground allspice

Recipe

• 1 first you must slice your ham, if it is not already sliced.
• 2 use a very sharp knife to cut the ham into very thin slices around the bone.
• 3 do not cut all the way to the bone or the meat may not hold together properly as it is being glazed.
• 4 you want the slices to be quite thin, but not so thin that they begin to fall apart of off the bone.
• 5 you may wish to turn the ham onto its flat end and cut around it starting at the bottom.
• 6 you can then spin the ham as you slice around and work your way up.
• 7 mix the ingredients together in a small bowl.
• 8 (i like to make double this recipe for a nice large ham).
• 9 lay down a couple sheets of wax paper onto a flat surface, such as your kitchen counter.
• 10 pour the sugar mixture onto the wax paper and spread it around evenly.
• 11 pick up the ham and roll it over the sugar mixture so that it is well coated.
• 12 do not coat the flat end of the ham, just the outer surface which you have sliced through.
• 13 again, i like to stuff some of the sugar mixture inside the slices.
• 14 turn the ham onto its flat end on a plate.
• 15 use a blow torch with a medium-size flame to caramelize the sugar.
• 16 wave the torch over the sugar with rapid movements, so that the sugar bubbles and browns, but does not burn.
• 17 spin the plate so that you can torch the entire surface of the ham.
• 18 repeat the coating and caramelizing process until the ham has been well-glazed (don't expect to use all of the sugar mixture).
• 19 serve the ham cold (don't put the sugar between the slices if you plan on doing this) or re-heat (then put the sugar between the slices before you caramelize it) just like the real thing!
• 20 don't be frightened to use the torch!
• 21 you can to it outside, if you wish.
• 22 just set it on something fire proof and have fun blazing away!