Baltic Baked Ham

Name: Baltic Baked Ham
Ingredients: 1 cooking apple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks; 4.5-5 kg/10-11 lb leg of ham (on the bone); 20 juniper berries, crushed; 20 cloves, crushed; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp ground black pepper; 30 ml/2 tbsp wholegrain mustard; 300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups apple juice; 200 g/7 oz large ready-to-eat pitted prunes; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup Marsala

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

By Silvena Johan Lauta

Published 2009

About

A real tradition in the Baltic States, baked ham is often prepared at a time of family celebration. Favourite spices are rubbed into the joint, then apple and mustard are added to give the meat a wonderful flavour. Serve with rye bread.

Ingredients

1 cooking apple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
4.5-5 kg/10-11 lb leg of ham (on the bone)

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Put the cooking apple in a small pan with 15ml/1 tbsp water and cook over a medium heat until very soft. Mash to a purée or use a blender. Set aside.
Cut off the skin from the ham and score the fat in a diamond pa

Per portion Energy 345kcal/1444kJ; Protein 35.6g; Carbohydrate 11.8g, of which sugars 11.8g; Fat 15.1g, of which saturates 5g; Cholesterol 46mg; Calcium 25mg; Fibre 1.3g; Sodium 1766mg.