English Ham

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (8 -10 lb) nice braising ham or 1 (8 -10 lb) country ham
• 2 onions
• 2 stalks celery
• 2 carrots
• 1 cup madeira wine
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• butter
• thyme
• bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 rub the ham with a mixture of bay leaves and thyme.
• 3 chop the vegetables and sauté them gently in butter with the sugar, a little thyme and a bay leaf until the onions are translucent.
• 4 add 1/2 cup madeira and let it evaporate almost completely.
• 5 place the ham in a roasting pan and cover with the vegetable mixture, drizzle with melted butter, cover and cook in the preheated 400° f oven for 20-25 minutes per pound.
• 6 remove the ham from the oven and transfer to a serving platter,reserve the vegetables.
• 7 degrease the cooking juices and pour them into a small saucepan; you should have about 1 cup; if not, add some water or stock; add the remaining 1/2 cup madeira.
• 8 reduce slightly; liquefy with the vegetables in a blender and pour over the ham.