Balsamic-and Dijon-glazed Ham With Roasted Pearl Onions

Total Time: 2 hrs 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 lbs pearl onions
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup butter, diced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 8 -10 lbs half ham shank, fully cooked,fat trimmed to 1/2 inch thickness

Recipe

• 1 cook onions in large pot of boiling salted water 2 minutes; drain.
• 2 trim root ends, leaving base intact.
• 3 peel.
• 4 (can be made 1 day ahead. cover and refrigerate.) preheat oven to 325.
• 5 combine sugar, vinegar, and mustard in bowl for glaze.
• 6 transfer onions to 11x7x2-inch glass baking dish.
• 7 add 2/3 cup glaze, butter, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 cup water; toss to coat.
• 8 cover with foil.
• 9 line large roasting pan with foil.
• 10 making 1/2-inch-deep slits, score ham with diamond pattern.
• 11 place ham in pan and roast 45 minutes.
• 12 place onions in oven.
• 13 roast ham and onions 25 minutes.
• 14 uncover onions.
• 15 continue roasting onions and ham 50 minutes.
• 16 baste ham with some of glaze.
• 17 continue to roast ham and onions until deep brown and glazed, brushing ham with glaze every 10 minutes, about 30 minutes longer.
• 18 transfer ham to large platter.
• 19 transfer onion mixture to bowl.
• 20 serve ham, passing onion mixture seperately.