Chef Bill’s Awesome Pit Ham
Pork
- Serves about 50.
SERVES
Submitted by Bill Ware
Ingredients
- 1 pit ham, about 20 lb
- 2 C maple syrup
- 2 C Dr Pepper
- 2 C orange juice
- 1/2 C honey
Directions
Score ham on “up” side in criss-cross diamond pattern, about a half-inch deep. (A pit ham is a precooked, whole boneless sugar-cured ham.)
Combine remaining ingredients separately and pour glaze over ham in a deep roasting pan. Wrap pan containing ham in parchment paper then foil. Cook in a low oven (300 degrees maximum) for 1 hour. Turn ham over onto the cut side, re-seal with foil, and bake an additional 30 minutes. Remove paper and foil, return ham to the cut-side up, and baste with glaze every 5 to 10 minutes for about 30 more minutes, until ham registers 145 degrees internally.
