Baked Ham in Champagne

Name: Baked Ham in Champagne
Cook time: P2H
Total time: P2H30M
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: ham; brown sugar; champagne; honey; ginger; dry mustard; pineapple; apples

Add sophistication to your ham this Christmas, but don’t expect the aroma to keep people in their seats.

YIELD

15 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

120 min

READY

150 min

Ingredients

POUNDS HAM
boneless

POUND BROWN SUGAR
light

BOTTLES CHAMPAGNE
extra dry *

TABLESPOONS HONEY

1 ½

TEASPOON GINGER
ground

1 ½

TEASPOON DRY MUSTARD

X PINEAPPLE
slices, optional *

X APPLES
slices, optional *

Directions

Score ham and place on rack in baking pan. Cover top with 1 cup brown sugar and pour over 1 bottle champagne. Bake at 325F 2 hours.

Combine remaining bottle champagne, remaining brown sugar, honey, ginger and mustard and bring to rolling boil in saucepan. Lower heat and simmer while basting ham every 15 minutes until done. Garnish with pineapple slices and spiced apples, if desired.

Makes 15 to 20 servings.