Bourbon Gingersnap Crusted Ham

Name: Bourbon Gingersnap Crusted Ham
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps bourbon; 237 milliliters brown sugar; 59 milliliters dijon mustard; 237 milliliters crushed gingersnap cookies; 4 kilograms bone in ham, mesh removed, rinsed and pat dry; 59 milliliters maple syrup

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Bourbon Gingersnap Crusted Ham a try. This recipe serves 14. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 747 calories, 57g of protein, and 44g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of gingersnap cookies, brown sugar, ham, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the bourbon you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes with Butter Pecan Frosting as a dessert.

Instructions

Score the ham by spiraling around it with a knife from top to bottom rotating as you go and then repeat in the other direction forming diamonds with a crisscross pattern about 1 inch apart.

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Ham

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Knife

Place the ham in a baking dish, insert a meat thermometer, cover in foil and bake in a preheated 250F oven until the temperature reaches 130F, about 2-4 hours depending on the size of the ham.

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Meat

Ham

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Aluminum Foil

Remove the diamonds with tongs, dab dry with paper towels, brush on the maple syrup followed by the mustard, sprinkle on brown sugar, spritze on the bourbon and press on the gingersnap crumbs.Insert the meat thermometer and bake in a preheated 350F oven until the ham reaches 140F, about 30-60 minutes depending on the size, before letting it rest for 30 minutes and carving it.

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Gingersnap Crumbs