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This year I'm doing another baked ham. Each year I like to try a different glaze, and this year I'm doing a Baked Marmalade and Maple Ham. You can use brought Breadfast Marmalade, but I like to make my own 3 fruits Marmalade when citrus is in season and use that, as I think it has much better flavour. Here's my Christmas Ham for this year, 2012. Prep Time, about 25 minutes.   Cooking Time: about 2hrs, depending on the size of the ham. I'll give you the qty's etc for a 9kg ham, you can work it out from there. Ingredients: 1 x 9kg whole leg ham 1 cup Breakfast Marmalade (or homemade 3 Fruits Marmalade) 1/3 cup Maple Syrup. (I use the real stuff not the maple flavoured) 1 bottle of whole cloves. (You will probably use about 1/2 the bottle) 1.  Place oven shelf in lowest position, turn oven (gas fan forced) 160C. Line the base of your oven with foil, helps with the mess. Get out your largest baking pan to put the ham in. 2.  Remove the rind from the ham. T...

Wondering what to do with the Christmas Ham this year to make it that little bit "special". Well look no further. I've found the tastiest and easiest glazed ham you will ever eat, and the family will think your a genius! Here's how it goes. 1 x ham on the bone, 1 bottle of whole cloves, 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/2 cup maple syrup, 2 cloves crushed garlic, 1 teaspoon 5 spice powder. First: Peel the skin off your ham and discard it. Then lightly score the fat into diamond shapes. Stud each diamond with a clove. Combine other ingredients in a bowl. Brush over ham. Stand ham on a rack in a baking dish with hot water in the base. (This stops the marinade from burning onto your baking dish). Bake 200C until ham is golden brown basting a couple of times with marinade. Remove ham from oven. Put remaining marinade in a saucepan, cook over low heat until thickened. Brush over ham just before serving/slicing. Leave any leftover marinade on the table in case people want to drizzle...