Shelly's Recipe

BURGUNDY BAKED HAM

Category: Ham

1 (8 lb) smoked fully cook him half
6 cups water
2 cups cranberry-apple juice, divided
2 cups burgundy or other dry red wine, divided
3 cups firmly packed brown sugar, divided
2 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks
1 tbsp whole cloves

Place ham in a large Dutch oven. Add water, 1 cup cranberry-apple juice, 1 cup wine, 1 cup brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Bring to a boil; cover; reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes. Remove from heat; cool.

Remove ham and marinade from Dutch oven, and place in a large nonmetallic bowl. Cover and chill 8 hours, turning once after 4 hours. Remove ham from marinade; reserve 2 cups marinade, and add 1 cup brown sugar. (Discard remaining marinade.)

Place ham in a lightly greased shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 325 for 11/2 hours, basting ham occasionally with reserved marinade mixture. Bake 20 minutes more basting with pan juices.

Combine pan juices, remaining ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce, and simmer, uncovered, until sauce thickens slightly and coats the back of a metal spoon (about 40 minutes). Serve sauce with ham.