Maple Baked Ham
One-half boneless precooked
smoked ham (approx. 5 pounds)
1 Cup maple syrup for
each 5 pounds of ham
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 Cup water
1/2 teaspoon powdered
mustard
2 teaspoons Worcestershire
sauce
Maple extract (optional)
1.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2.
Place the ham fat side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Do not
cover or
add water.
3.
Insert a meat thermometer.
4.
Bake the ham. (For a precooked ham, the internal temperature should
be 130
degrees when finished).
5.
When the ham is about half baked, approximately 45 minutes, pour the
pan
juices into a medium saucepan.
6.
Skim off excess fat.
7.
Set the drippings aside.
8.
Pour the maple syrup over the ham.
9.
Return to the oven.
10.Occasionally
baste the ham with the syrup from the pan while it finishes
baking. The total cooking time for a 5 pound precooked ham is about 1
1/2 to
1 3/4 hours.
11.To
make the sauce, remove the ham from the pan.
12.Set
aside on a carving board.
13.With
a whisk, blend the flour into the reserved drippings in the saucepan.
14.Add
the water, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and maple syrup drippings
from the roasting pan.
15.
Whisk together.
16.Add
a bit of maple extract if desired.
17.Bring
to boil, stirring constantly.
18.Remove
from the heat.
19.Keep
warm.
20.Carve
the ham into thin slices.
21.Pour
the hot maple sauce into a gravy boat and pass with the ham.
Serves
10 - 12
