Baked Ham with Cumberland Sauce
Baked Ham with Cumberland Sauce that's easy and elegant. Delicious for holiday gatherings and Sunday dinners. Cumberland sauce is a fruity mix, savory and sour, with a slight sweetness. The ham caramelizes in the oven because of the brown sugar rub. Everyone likes this easy recipe! It gives that special touch to the meat.
Equipment
- A conventional oven is used. When using a convection oven (with air fan) decrease the temperature with 30 °F / 20 °C
- oven dish
Ingredients
Cumberland sauce
- 1 lemon juice and zest
- 1 orange juice and zest
- 1 shallot finely chopped
- 2 ½ cups red currant jelly
- 1 ¼ cup Port wine Tawny or Ruby
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- Salt and pepper at taste
Ham
- 1 ¼ pound ham boneless
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 dry mustard
- 25 cloves
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
Cumberland sauce
- Bring a pan of water to a boil and add the lemon and orange zest. Blanch for 1 minute and remove the grater with a fine sieve. Repeat this step one more time.1 lemon, 1 orange
- Put the shallot, red currant jelly, Port, citrus juices, mustard, and the lemon rind and orange rinds in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.1 shallot, 2 ½ cups red currant jelly, 1 ¼ cup Port wine, 1 tablespoon mustard
- Taste and season with salt and black pepper.Salt and pepper
- Let cool.
Oven Baked Ham
- Remove the ham from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking, so it comes to room temperature.1 ¼ pound ham
- Preheat the oven to
390 °F or 
350 °F - Mix the brown sugar with the mustard.½ cup dark brown sugar, 1 dry mustard
- Place the ham in front of you and, using a sharp knife, make diagonal shallow slashes across the top of the ham. You will then see squares on the top. Next, place the ham in an oven dish.
- Prick a clove at the intersection of each diagonal.25 cloves
- Rub the ham with the brown sugar mixture and place in the oven.
- Bake the ham for 45 minutes, or until cooked through (measure with an oven thermometer. The ham should reach a temperature of 150 °F (60 °C) in the thickest part). During baking, scoop some marinade out of the oven dish every 15 minutes and baste the ham with it.
- When the ham is cooked, remove it from the oven and wrap it in aluminum foil. Let rest for 10 minutes.
Serving
- Warm up the Cumberland sauce until it is hot and put it in a serving bowl. Cut the ham into thin slices and serve with the sauce.
NOTES
1. Ham - I used a small ham for my family, but you can easily upscale this recipe with the buttons (servings) on top. Suppose you use a raw ham count 40 minutes oven time per pound of meat. When using cured ham, use 15 minutes per 2 pounds of ham.
2. Red currant jelly - This recipe for homemade redcurrant jelly with Port is great jelly to use. And can you really not touch it? Then use red currant juice. Make sure you shake it well before adding.
3. Prepare the sauce several hours in advance, and then let it rest. This makes the taste more intense and tastier. Reheat on medium-high heat
4. Blanch the orange and lemon zest twice. This removes the bitter taste of the skin and leaves you with a fruity flavor.
5. Oven - When you use a conventional oven, set the temperature to 390 °F (200 °C). In a convection oven, 350 °F (180 °C) is sufficient.
6. Storage
Do you have any leftovers? Make sure you let it cool down quickly and store it away as soon as possible. Cumberland sauce
Do you have any leftovers? Make sure you let it cool down quickly and store it away as soon as possible. Cumberland sauce
- Refrigerator - in a sealed container or screw-top jar, the sauce will keep for a week in the fridge.
- Freezer - store in a freezer box. This keeps it good for up to 1 month. After that, you can let it thaw at room temperature for about four hours before you need it.
- Refrigerator - Keep the ham covered in the fridge for up to 3 days
- Freezer - Wrapped in 2 layers of foil, it will keep for up to 1 month. Let thaw in the refrigerator.
- Reheat - Preheat the oven to 320 °F (160 °C) and place the ham in an oven dish. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 20 - 30 minutes until it is warm on the inside.
Nutrition
Calories: 1213kcal | Carbohydrates: 195g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 88mg | Sodium: 1771mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 142g | Vitamin A: 83IU | Vitamin C: 51mg | Iron: 3mg
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