Sweet lemongrass, ginger and sage glazed Ham

original blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2017/12/sweet-lemongrass-ginger-and-sage-glazed.html

Ingredients

1 bone in or boneless leg cooked smoked ham

1 cup maple syrup

2 tablespoon brown sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

4 stalks Lemongrass

4 tablespoon fresh Ginger sliced

8-10 sage leaves

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
• Wrap the ham completely in two to three layers of foil
• Place in a baking dish half filled with water and warm in the oven 10 minutes per pound for boneless ham and 15 minutes per pound for bone in hams.
• I used a 9 lb boneless ham and cooked it in the oven for one and a half hour
• In a sauce pan combine the maple syrup, sugar, salt, lemongrass, ginger, sage. Bring to boil
• Once it starts to boil turn to very low and allow it to reduce for a few minutes. It should be a light glaze consistency
• Once the ham has warmed all the way through, peel away the skin and carve off some of the fat leaving an even layer of fat protecting the meat
• Score the layer of fat to create a diamond pattern
• Pour the glaze all over the ham place the herbs at the bottom of the pan
• Place it back in the oven uncovered at 375 degrees
• Continually baste the ham with the glaze, if your oven has hot spots rotate the dish for even cooking
• Remove from the oven when the fat scored is dark golden
• Allow it to rest for at least 10 minutes then carve and serve

Greedy tips:

• Discard the sage and lemongrass, however the ginger will be sweet and candied and can be eaten if you choose to.
• Optional: When the ham goes back into the high temp oven to brown it will render fat. If you don’t want the fat to get mixed up with the glaze you can render some of the fat from the ham by roasting it in the oven first. When its brown and caramelized, pour the excess fat from the pan and then pour the sauce on top and serve.