Baked Ham with Spiced Apples and Pears

• Gluten free

• Meat

  • 1 8-lb smoked, fully-cooked, spiral-cut ham, smoked fully-cooked

• Produce

  • 4 Baking apples, sweet tart
  • 4 Pears

• Condiments

  • 1 1/2 cups Maple syrup, pure
  • 1 tsp Mustard, dry

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/8 tsp Allspice, ground
  • 3/4 cup Brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1/4 tsp Cloves, ground

• Liquids

  • 1/4 cup Water

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 8-lb smoked, fully-cooked, spiral-cut ham
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 4 sweet-tart baking apples, cored and halved
• 4 pears, cored and halved

Directions

• Preparation How to make baked ham with spiced apples and pears:Preheat the oven to 325F.Using kitchen twine, wrap the ham first vertically, and then once on each diagonal, making sure to loop around the bottom of the ham, to hold it together. Place the ham in a large, deep roasting pan, cut side down.Dissolve the dry mustard in the 1/4 cup water. Stir the mustard mixture into the brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. Brush the maple glaze over the surface of the ham. Arrange the apples and pears around the ham and bake it, uncovered, for 1 hour and 40 minutes, basting the ham and fruit every 20 minutes. Loosely tent foil over the ham if it appears to be browning too quickly.Allow the ham and fruit to cool down slightly before removing the twine and serving warm or at room temperature.The baked is lovely on a lunch buffet and can also make a substantial dinner (see serving options below). Any leftover ham is also delicious sliced and popped into a baguette as in the Jambon Beurre famous French sandwich. You may want to not put the fruit on in this case. Serving suggestions:Option 1: Serve maple glazed ham with sautéed green beans, potatoes sauted in butter, known as Chateau Potatoes, Option 2: Serve maple glazed ham with steamed or roasted asparagus spears, potato and onion gratin, sautéed carrots, and a country loaf, cut on the diagonal.ars, potato and onion gratin, sautéed carrots, and a country loaf, cut on the diagonal. This baked ham with maple glaze and spiced fruit recipe makes 10 to 12 servings.