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Christmas Ham Braised In White Wine With Vegetables

Christmas Ham Braised In White Wine With Vegetables is a volume 7-02 feb 2004 recipe made with Unsalted Butter, Carrots, Onions, Dry White Wine, and Parsley. Serves 10. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp
• 3/4 cup
• 3/4 cup
• 4 cup
• 6 sprig
• 2
• 6
• 1/2 tsp
• 1 dash
• 1/4 cup
• 3 tbsp
• 2 cup
• 10 1/2 tbsp
• 10 1/2 tbsp
• 1 bunch

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. 2

   Heat butter in large, heavy roasting pan over medium heat. When hot, add carrots and onions and saute, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes.

3. 3

   Place ham, fat-side up, on top of vegetables.

4. 4

   Add 3 cups wine, parsley, bay leaves, peppercorns, thyme and cloves to pan.

5. 5

   Bring to a simmer.

6. 6

   Remove from stovetop.

7. 7

   Cover pan; transfer to oven.

8. 8

   Bake until quite tender when pierced with knife, about 1 1/2 hours or longer, basting every 20 minutes with pan juices.

9. 9

   Remove pan from oven; raise temperature to 450 degrees F.

10. 10

    Combine jelly and mustard in small saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring, until jelly is dissolved.

11. 11

    Brush ham with mustard mixture and return to oven; bake uncovered for 15 minutes.

12. 12

    Remove pan from oven.

13. 13

    Remove ham from pan; tent loosely with aluminum foil.

14. 14

    Let cool for 20 minutes while making sauce.

15. 15

    Discard bay leaves and parsley.

16. 16

    Return to roasting pan; place pan on stovetop over high heat.

17. 17

    Add remaining 1 cup wine and stock; cook until mixture is reduced slightly, by a fourth.

18. 18

    Stir together cornstarch and water; stir into roasting pan and cook, whisking constantly, until sauce thickens lightly.

19. 19

    To serve, cut ham into thin slices and arrange, overlapping, on serving platter. Garnish with watercress; top with a little sauce.

20. 20

    Pass remaining sauce separately.

21. 21

    Contributed to the FareShare Gazette by Dancer^; 29 February 2004. www.fareshare.net