Shelly's Recipe

BAKED BURGUNDY HAM

Category: Ham

1 (6 to 8 lb) smoked fully cooked ham half, well trimmed
6 cups water
2 cups cranberry juice cocktail, divided
2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar, divided
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tbsp whole cloves

Place the ham in a large Dutch oven. Add water, 1 cup cranberry juice cocktail, 1 cup Burgundy, 1 cup brown sugar, cinnamon sticks and cloves. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes. Cool.

Remove the ham and marinade from Dutch oven, and place in a large nonmetallic bowl. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours, turning once. Remove the ham from marinade, reserve 2 cups of marinade and discarding the rest.

Place the ham in a lightly greased shallow roasting pan, cover. Bake in a 325 for 1 1/2 hours, basting the ham occasionally with reserved marinade. Uncover and bake 15 additional minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 140 degrees, basting ham occasionally with pan juices. Remove ham, reserving pan juices. Combine the pan juices, remaining 1 cup of cranberry juice, 1 cup Burgundy and 1 cup of brown sugar, reduce the heat and cook for 20 minutes.