Photo: Cola-Baked Ham With Cherry-Orange Glaze Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (12 to 15-pound) fully cooked bone-in ham
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 (2-liter) bottle cola
- 3/4 cup cherry preserves or jelly
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons orange flavored liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)
- Biscuits or dinner rolls, accompaniment
- Creole mustard, accompaniment
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Trim rind and excess fat from the ham, leaving a 1/4-inch thick layer of fat. With a sharp knife, score the fat in a diamond pattern. Place the ham in large roasting pan and sprinkle with the allspice. Pour the cola into the pan and bake uncovered 1 hour and 15 minutes, basting every 15 minutes with the pan juices.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, combine the cherry preserves, orange juice, and liqueur over medium heat and cook, stirring, until melted, 1 to 2 minutes.
Remove the ham from the oven and brush the top and sides with the cherry glaze. Return the ham to the oven and bake, brushing with pan juices and glaze every 15 minutes and tenting the ham with foil if browning too quickly, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of ham without touching the bone registers 140 degrees F, about 15 to 30 minutes.
Remove the ham from oven and let rest for 30 minutes to 1 hour before slicing. Serve warm or at room temperature, thinly sliced, with biscuits or dinner rolls and mustard to make sandwiches.
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By Jules1127
on April 03, 2013
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Excellent! Made this for Easter. With just 3 people, I made a 6.75 lb ham so I halved the cola, allspice, but made the full amount of the cherry-orange glaze to have for sauce with dinner and leftovers. The ham was so moist and tasty! The basting,etc. is a pain, but well worth it. Also, by opening the oven every 15 minutes, it seemed to take a lot longer to cook and oven temp only averaged about 310, after cooking the amount of time for the 12-15 lb and still barely being warm in the center, I finally turned it up to 350 to cook and put on the glaze. Next time I will start at 350 degrees. Will definitely make again!
By KateBMN
Minnesota
on April 01, 2013
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I made this for Easter this year, and it was Fantastic! It was easy to make but tasted gourmet! This is our Ham recipe from now on! This is a very "forgiving" recipe. You can add things or change this a bit and still came out Fantastic. You can use cherry cola or other flavored colas with great results.
By larobetta
on December 25, 2012
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First time doing this recipe, and it was amazing. The presentation is good, the taste is good and it was moist for a cooked ham. Follow the recipe with exact amounts, but left more minutes for second part, brushing, to reach 130. ( 1 hour. Perfect. Last year I tried Alton's recipe with ginger cookies and it was not moist and weird taste. I recommend this one. Thanks!
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