Glazed pork ham

Ingredients:

• 1 (4 - 4.5 kg) boiled and smoked pork ham on the bone
• 2 tablespoons whole cloves (optional)
• 1.5 cups glaze (see recipe below)

Preparation:

1. Remove the pork ham from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking.
2. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Trim the skin from the ham and, using the tip of a knife, score the fat into a mesh. Then insert cloves into the slits.
3. Place the ham in a baking dish, fat side up, and fill 1/4 full with cold water. Place the dish in the oven and bake until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the ham registers 131°F (55°C), about 2 hours 30 minutes (about 30 minutes per kilogram of ham).
4. Increase the oven temperature to 220°C. Brush the ham with half the glaze (see recipe below). If the water in the pan has evaporated, add more.
   
   Return the pork to the oven and continue baking, basting with the remaining glaze every 10 minutes, until the surface is glossy and golden, about 45 minutes more.
   
   Pork ham glaze recipes:
   
   Apple-Maple Glaze
   Orange-mustard glaze
   Hoisin Spiced Glaze
   Pineapple-apricot glaze