Ham Baked in Wine - Skinke I Vin |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 240 Minutes |
Ready In: 250 Minutes Servings: 20 |
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Ingredients:
10 lbs smoked ham |
2 small onions, chopped |
1 leek, finely chopped |
1 5/8 quarts red wine |
1/2 lb mushroom, sliced |
2 tablespoons butter |
1/2 cup water |
salt |
pepper |
2 tablespoons butter |
2 tablespoons flour |
Directions:
1. Loosen the skin from the ham and simmer with the onions and the leek for 1 hour in a roasting pan with all but 1/2 cup of the wine.
2. Remove ham from roaster.
3. Cut away and discard tough outer skin.
4. Brown mushrooms in butter.
5. Cut a slash in the top of the ham sufficiently large to hold the mushroom mixture, water, salt and pepper.
6. Skewer the opening to keep the filling in place.
7. Make a sauce of the 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 tablespoon of flour and the liquid from the roaster.
8. Stir over a low heat.
9. Add the reserved 1/2 cup wine a little at a time and mix well.
10. Pout over the ham in the roasting pan and bake until tender (about 25 minutes to the pound) in a preheated 375ยบ oven.
11. Baste at least every 1/2 hour with juices from the pan.
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