Cuban Style Fresh Ham

Name: Cuban Style Fresh Ham
Prep time: 16 h 15 min
Cook time: 16 h 15 min
Total time: 16 h 15 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 head garlic, peeled and crushed; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 5 kilograms fresh ham; 237 milliliters sour orange juice (or 4 ounces orange juice and 2 ounces each lemon and lime juices); 1 Tbsp dried oregano; 1 Tbsp salt; 118 milliliters water

Cuban Style Fresh Ham is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal main course. One serving contains 800 calories, 70g of protein, and 54g of fat. This recipe serves 14. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of water, ground cumin, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 16 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Mix together the juice, garlic, oregano, cumin, salt, and water.

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Garlic

Cumin

Juice

Water

Salt

Put the ham into a large bowl or leak-proof plastic bag and pour over the marinade.

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Marinade

Ham

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Bowl

Let soak in the refrigerator overnight. (Or let the marinade steep for 1 hour, strain it, and inject it directly into the ham using a marinade injector; wrap and refrigerate the ham overnight. Use any leftover marinade for basting.)

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Marinade

Wrap

Ham

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

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Oven

Remove the ham from the marinade, reserving the marinade, and pat dry. Strain the marinade into a saucepan and bring it to a boil.

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Marinade

Ham

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Sauce Pan

Put the ham fat side up into a roasting pan and cook it for about 25 minutes per pound or until the internal temperature registers 155 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Baste the ham with the marinade every 20 minutes or so.

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Marinade

Ham

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