Title: Ugnsbaked Julskinka (Ovenbaked Christmas Ham)
Categories: Meat Swedish Holiday
Yield: 1 Servings
| 1 | | 3-5 kg (6-11 lb) lightly salted ham |
| GLAZE |
| 1 | | Egg yolk |
| 1/2 | tb | Sugar |
| 3 | tb | Prepared Swedish mustard |
| 3 | tb | Fine dry breadcrumbs |
Place the ham, rind up, on a rack in a roasting pan lined with aluminium
foil. Insert a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the ham. Bake in
a 150 Centigrade (oven for 60-75 minutes/kg or til the thermometer reads 75
Centigrade. Remove the rind and brush the top of the ham with the egg yolk,
sugar and mustard stirred together. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake in 225
Centigrade until golden brown. Garnish with kale, prunes and an apple or
orange. Serve cold cut in slices. The ham might be baked wrapped in
aluminium foil, then use a 175 Centigrade oven. Lightly smoked ham might be
prepared the same way.