Dandelion greens, which are high in vitamin A, taste great in soup when combined with tomatoes and carrots. For a wonderful supper, include some crusty bread.
| Prep Time: | 45 mins |
| Cook Time: | 16 hrs |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 17 hrs |
| Servings: | 16 |
Ingredients
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ½ cup honey
- ¼ cup molasses (Optional)
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 (10 to 12 pound) ham shank
Instructions
- Blend brown sugar, honey, molasses, orange juice, and mustard together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until thickened, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat. Let glaze sit until flavors blend, 8 hours to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Place ham in a roasting pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven, checking occasionally, about 10 hours. If ham begins to darken at that point, cover with aluminum foil. Continue baking, about 2 hours more.
- Increase oven temperature to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Bake, coating ham thoroughly with the glaze mixture every 30 minutes, about 2 hours more. Remove from the oven and let stand 15 to 20 minutes before slicing. Serve any remaining glaze with ham, if desired.
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of glaze ingredients. The actual amount consumed will vary.
Reviews
I loved the ham recipe and I made it as written; it turned out excellent and full of flavor. I also made the glaze, including the molasses, 2 different times – each time the glaze solidified if not kept warm. I’m not sure if the trick to using molasses is to add it as a thickener after all the other ingredients are heated through but I had to search for other glaze recipes after trying this one twice. I would definitely cook ham this way again so I appreciate this recipe!
This turned out so good! I have never had ham meat so tender. I will always cook my ham like this in the future.