Recipes

Maple Glazed Ham

Ingredients:

5-7 lbs Ham Shank or Butt (Fully cooked, bone in)                                                  

1 ½ cup Maple syrup                                                                                                              

1 tsp Ginger                                                                                                                           

¼ tsp Nutmeg                                                                                                            

½ tsp Allspice                                                                                                            

16 whole Cloves                                                                                                                            

1 can Pineapple slices (canned)                                                                                              

1 jar Maraschino Cherries                                                                                                      

Suggested wood chips for smoking:

Hickory or Mesquite chips

Directions

Remove thick skin and trim fat leaving no more than ½”  thick covering on ham. Score ham. Combine syrup, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice in a small bowl. Place ham in large dish and baste with syrup mixture. Let ham stand in syrup mixture for 1 or 2 hours basting frequently until at room temperature. When ready to smoke remove ham from dish and stud with cloves. Place ham in preheated 225 degree smoker. Cook for about 2-3 hours. Baste with syrup mixture at least two times during cooking time. Before last hour of smoking decorate ham with canned pineapple and cherries and baste. Internal temperature of ham should be at 130 degrees to 140 degrees when heated thru.