HAM BAKED IN CHAMPAGNE
INGREDIENTS:
1 9-pound boneless ham
1 pound light brown sugar
2 bottles extra-dey champagne
3 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
(optional: canned pineapple slices or spiced apples)
DIRECTIONS:
Score ham and place on rack in baking pan. Cover top with
1 cup brown sugar and pour over 1 bottle champagne. Bake
at 325 degrees for 2 hours. Combine remaining bottle
champagne, remaining brown sugar, honey, ginger and mustard
and bring to rolling boil in saucepan. Lower heat and simmer
while basting ham every 15 minutes until done. Garnish with
pineapple slices and spiced apples, if desired.
