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Orange Glazed Ham Recipe

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Ingredients

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  • 8 to 10 lbs. ham, bone-in, skin on;
  • 8 to 10 fresh sage leaves, minced;
  • 1/4 cup melted coconut oil;
  • 1 lb. carrots, peeled and chopped;
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper;

Ingredients for the orange glaze

  • 2 oranges, seeded and sliced thinly;
  • 2 cups orange juice;
  • 1/2 cup honey; (optional)
  • 1 cup water;
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cloves;
  • 2 cinnamon sticks;
  • 1 cup of hard ghee, cut into chunks;

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 300 F.
  2. Place the ham in a roasting pan, fatty side up.
  3. Score the skin of the ham with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern.
  4. Season the meat with sea salt and black pepper to taste.
  5. In a small bowl, combine the coconut oil and the minced sage.
  6. Rub the sage mixture all over the ham, making sure to get the mixture into all the slits.
  7. Place the ham in the oven and bake for 2 hours.
  8. Heat a saucepan over a medium heat.
  9. Add all the ingredients for the orange glaze, season to taste, and cook for 30 to 40 minutes or until the liquid turns syrupy.
  10. Pour the glaze (including the fruit chunks) all over the ham and bake for another hour, basting the ham with the juices every 30 minutes.
  11. Scatter the carrots around the ham and coat them with the juice. Then cook the ham for another hour (for a 4-hour total cooking time), basting again every 30 minutes.

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