Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 1 15-18 lb fully cooked ham (bone in or boneless)
  • 1 20 oz can whole pineapple rings
  • 60 whole cloves
  • 10 maraschino cherries (stems removed)
  • 3/4 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tablepoon dijon mustard
  • 2 cups lemon lime soda (can substitute ginger ale)

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 325 F.
  • Score the surface of the ham in a diamond pattern about 1/8-inch deep.
  • Drain the juice from the pineapples and reserve.
  • Stick 6 cloves in each pineapple ring. 
  • Arrange pineapple rings evenly around the surface of the ham, affixing them with toothpicks. 
  • Affix a single cherry in the center of each ring with a toothpick.
  • Place the ham in a large roasting pan and add soda.
  • Tent it with foil, and bake for 2 to 2/12 hours (as per the package directions).
  • Meanwhile, put the brown sugar, mustard and reserved pineapple juice in a sauce pan.
  • Cook over medium high heat until reduces and becomes thick, about 15 minutes.
  • After 2 hours of baking, remove the foil and brush the glaze all over the ham. Leave foil off of the ham for the remainder of the baking time.
  • Repeat baste every 10 minutes until the ham is cooked through and reaches an internal temperature of 140 degrees F.
  • Remove from the oven, baste with remaining glaze and allow to rest 15-20 minutes before carving.