Ham Baked In Cider – We Love God!

Men-fearing preachers will treat (the Word) so lightly, touch it so gingerly, speak of it so generally, plead it so weakly, believe it so loosely, that the truth is neutralized down to nothing worth getting excited about. Snooze. And the preacher says, “No more doctrinal sermons; they won’t hear them.” How a preacher can use the same Bible that spawned the Protestant Reformation, launched the modern missionary movement, and put his forbears on the block, and never stir up anybody is a mystery to me.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Apples, Baked, Holiday, Pork, Southern	20	Servings

INGREDIENTS

10	lb	Ham, Dinner Bell Boneless
		Fully Cooked
1/2	c	Sliced onion
1		Bay Leaf, crumbled
4	c	Apple cider
1/2	c	Light-brown sugar, packed
1	T	Lemon juice
1/4	c	Sliced onion
		Whole cloves
		Apple-Cider Sauce, see
		recipe

INSTRUCTIONS

l. Preheat oven to 325Â°F.  2. Wipe ham with damp paper towels. Place
in shallow roasting pan  without rack. Arrange 1/2 cup onion slices on
ham; sprinkle with bay  leaf.  3. Insert meat thermometer in center of
thickest part of ham, away  from bone. Pour 2 cups cider into pan.
Cover pan tightly with foil.  4. Bake ham 2-1/2 to 3 hours, or until
meat thermometer registers  130Â°F. Remove ham from oven; drain liquid.
5. Meanwhile, in medium saucepan, combine remaining 2 cups cider, the
brown sugar, lemon juice, and onion; bring to boiling, boil,
uncovered, 5 minutes; strain.  6. Return ham to roasting pan. With
sharp knife, make diagonal cuts  in fat (be careful not to cut into
meat), 1/4 inch deep and 1 inch  apart. Stud the center of each diamond
shape with a whole clove.  7. Pour cider mixture over ham. Bake,
uncovered and basting every 15  minutes, until meat thermometer reads
140Â°F - about 40 minutes.  8. Remove ham to serving platter. Let stand
20 minutes before carving.  9. Serve with Apple-Cider Sauce.  Makes 20
servings.  Recipe by: The New McCall's Cookbook P-381  Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest V1 #871 by "Max H. Mitchell"
<mmitch-fay@worldnet.att.net> on Oct 27, 1997

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