New Zealand Ham with a Festive Fruit Salsa

Serves:  10-12  Prep time:  10 minutes Cook time:  Sauce 8 minutes - plus glazing time for the ham

Ingredients:

142g pkt dried mixed blueberries, cherries, cranberries and plums

2 tsp Dijon mustard

½ cup dry white wine

juice from ½ orange

1 Tbsp brown sugar

½ x 300g bottle Wattie’s Bit on the Side Cracker Cranberry Sauce

4.5kg 100% New Zealand Ham cooked on the bone

Method:

Place dried mixed fruit, Dijon mustard, white wine, orange juice and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Stir and heat until boiling. Reduce heat and continue cooking for 5 minutes, until the liquid is reduced by two thirds. Remove from heat and stir in the Wattie’s Bit on the Side Cracker Cranberry Sauce. Allow to cool. Serve with the ham.

Cranberry Glaze

Ingredients:

½ x 300g bottle Wattie’s Bit on the Side Cracker Cranberry Sauce

¼ cup orange juice

Method:

1. Carefully run your clean fingers under the skin of the 100% New Zealand Ham  cooked on the bone to lift it away. Do this slowly so you finish with a smooth layer of fat.

2. Place ham on a baking tray lined with foil. Using a sharp small knife, cut the ham fat layer into a criss-cross pattern.

3. Mix together the Wattie’s Bit on the Side Cracker Cranberry Sauce  and orange juice and brush this liberally over the ham.

4. To glaze and serve cold, bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes, brushing with any remaining Cranberry Glaze. To serve hot, bake at 160°C, allowing 20 minutes per kg, brushing with any remaining Cranberry Glaze every 15 minutes.