Honey Roast Posh Fab Looking Ham

[JossSticktheSnowman]

You know the sort of thing - criss cross pattern, orange slices on it etc.

Don't know where to start.

Help!

Do any of you have / know of any recipes for a yummy show stopping ham???

oooh. i'm watching this one. tried the nigella coke one last time i cooked xmas dinner and did not get on well with it...

take your ham, rinse it and put it in a very large pan with an onion stuck with cloves and boil it for an hour and a half, while its cooking you can sort out the fancy bits. I use honey,grainy mustard and a squeeze of orange juice, or you can use black treacle,straight honey with your orange slices a la margerite patten, basically something a bit sugary, with a touch of heat if you like it.
take your ham out of the pan and peel the outer skin off with the help of a sharp knife - leave the white fat underneath it alone! score the fat in a diamond pattern and spike a few of the crosses with cloves, then paint on your chosen glaze , bake the ham in a hot oven with a foil hat on until it is cooked through , then take off the foil, paint with your glaze again and replace in the oven (if you're doing the orange slices, put them on at this point as well),roast until you like the colour of it basically!

Thaks Jamilia that sounds delicious.

ja - i have also posted this on the Recipe forum and got some answers there too.

I may do a mix of Jamilias and the cider one.

I'm getting a good idea of how to go about it now!