Aretha Franklin's Queen Of Soul Ham

Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (12 -14 lb) fully cooked bone-in ham
• whole cloves
• 1 (16 ounce) box light brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons yellow mustard
• 1 (8 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained
• 1 (12 ounce) ginger ale (golden is best if you can find it ( but pale is ok too)
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple rings
• baker's coconut (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 using a paring knife, score the ham, creating a diamond pattern. insert cloves into the corners of each diamond.
• 3 place the ham on a rack set in a 12 x 15-inch roasting pan. cover loosely with foil, and bake until ham appears juicy, about 30 minutes.
• 4 place brown sugar and mustard in a medium bowl, and stir to combine.
• 5 gradually add ginger ale to brown sugar mixture until a pourable consistency is achieved; you may not need the whole can.
• 6 remove ham from oven and remove foil. pour brown sugar mixture over ham. make sure you coat the sides too.
• 7 cover ham with foil, return to oven, and cook for 1 hour, basting every 20 minutes.
• 8 remove foil for last 20 minutes.
• 9 remove ham from oven.
• 10 arrange pineapple rings and maraschino cherries in a docorative pattern on ham, securing them with toothpicks.
• 11 baste the fruit.
• 12 bake ham until fruit is heated through, 7 to 10 minutes.
• 13 sprinkle ham with coconut garnish, if desired.