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Dutch Oven Ham Recipe


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Ingredients
* 1 quarter ham boneless, pre-cooked or smoked, refrigerated - ours was about 4 lbs.
* 1/2 c pineapple juice or fresh orange juice
* 1 c brown sugar
* 1/2 c honey
* 1/4 c water cold
* 3 tbsp cornstarch
* 1 onion sliced
* 4 sprigs fresh thyme
* 4-5 whole cloves optional
Instructions
* Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Place your boneless, sliced, quartered, pre cooked/smoked ham cut side down into your dutch oven.
* Slice your onion and sprinkle into pot. Push whole cloves into your ham if you want to add these for flavor.
* Whisk together your brown sugar, pineapple juice, and honey well and pour this on top of your ham.
* Lay fresh sprigs of thyme on top and around ham.
* Put lid on and put into oven. Bake a smoked ham for 15 minutes per pound approximately or until internal temp. taken in the middle of your ham reaches 145 degrees. (refer to cook time chart in post, time depends on type of ham you have). Baste half way through if you're able.
* Take ham out and put on to a cutting board, allow it to rest while you are making ham glaze.
* Take out and discard sprigs of thyme. Take onions out and put into a bowl to serve on the side.
* Put dutch oven on your stovetop on medium heat (or pour liquid into a small pot if you'd rather). In a small bowl combine 1/4 c. cold water and 3 tbsp of cornstarch. Whisk together.
* Once ham liquid bubbles consistently, pour your cornstarch mixture into the pot and stir.
* Continue to stir as it thickens (won't take much longer than a minute or so to reach a thick consistency once it's continually bubbling). Remove from heat and pour into a gravy boat to serve on the table and pour on top of ham slices.
* Slice your ham if it isn't already and serve along side ham glaze and onions.
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Poetry MeditationsBy Easton E