Easter Ham with Golden Breadcrumbs and Madeira Sauce

Name: Easter Ham with Golden Breadcrumbs and Madeira Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters coarse fresh breadcrumbs made from six 1/2-thick slices rustic white bread; 473 milliliters (packed) dark brown sugar; 118 milliliters Dijon mustard; 7 kilograms whole bone-in smoked ham; 710 milliliters Madeira; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Easter Ham with Golden Breadcrumbs and Madeira Sauce a try. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 1359 calories, 101g of protein, and 81g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 16. If you have ham, olive oil, dijon mustard, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the breadcrumbs you could follow this main course with the Apple Strudel as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. It is perfect for Easter.

Instructions

Arrange a rack on lowest level of oven; preheatto 300°F. Without trimming fat, removeouter rind from most of ham, leaving aband around end of shank bone. Spacingcuts 3/4" apart to make a diamond pattern,score fat on top of ham crosswise and thenlengthwise on a diagonal (do not cut intomeat).

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Bone

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Ham

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Oven

Place ham in a large roasting pan.

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Ham

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Roasting Pan

Pour 3 cups water into pan and roast ham for 2 hours.

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Roast Ham

Water

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Frying Pan

Meanwhile, stir brown sugar and mustardin a medium bowl until a thick paste forms;set aside.

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Brown Sugar

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Bowl

Heat oil in a large skillet overmedium heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Add breadcrumbs; toast,stirring often, until very crispy, 5-7 minutes.Set aside.

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Toast

Remove ham from oven; increasetemperature to 350°F.

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Ham

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Spread half of sugar-mustardpaste over scored top of ham.

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Ham

Bakeuntil an instant-read thermometer insertedinto thickest part of ham registers 145°F,about 1 hour. If pan juices have dried out,add 1 cup water to pan.

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Ham

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Remove ham from oven; increasetemperature to 400°F.

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Ham

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Spread remainingsugar-mustard paste over ham and packbreadcrumbs all over top.

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Mustard

Spread

Ham

Bake ham until crumbs are deep goldenbrown and crisp, 12-15 minutes.

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Ham

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Transfer hamto a serving platter; let rest for 20 minutesbefore carving.

Line a fine-mesh sieve with cheesecloth.Set sieve over a medium pitcher or gravyboat. Spoon off fat from surface of juicesin pan; discard.

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Add Madeira to pan.

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Madeira

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Placeroasting pan over medium-high heat andsimmer liquids briskly, scraping up brownedbits, until sauce thickens and is reducedto 2 cups, about 15 minutes. Strain saucethrough prepared sieve, pressing on solids;discard solids.

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Sauce

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Carve ham.

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Serve sauce alongside.

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