Baked Ham (York fashion)

Ingredients

• the ham
• a stiff paste of bread dough an inch thick
• 25 minutes to the pound
• brown sugar
• fine cracker crumbs
• mustard sauce
• white wine sauce

Method

1. 1

   Soak the ham overnight, scrub and trim it, then wipe dry.

2. 2

   Cover with bread dough and place upside down in a dripping pan with water.

3. 3

   Bake for 25 minutes per pound, basting occasionally.

4. 4

   When done, plunge in cold water, remove crust, sprinkle with sugar and crumbs, stick with cloves, and brown in the oven.

5. 5

   Serve with mustard or white wine sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Allied cookery (1916) by Harrison, Grace Clergue Mrs., page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BAKED HAM (York fashion) Soak overnight ; in the morning scrub it and trim away any rusty part; wipe dry; cover the ham with Allied CooKery 41 a stiff paste of bread dough an inch thick and lay- upside down in a dripping pan with a little water; allow in baking 25 minutes to the pound; baste a few times and keep water in the pan. When a skewer will pierce the thickest part plunge the ham for i minute in cold water; remove the crust and outside skin, sprinkle with brown sugar and fine cracker cnmibs, and stick with cloves and brown in the oven. Serve with a mustard sauce or white wine sauce

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