This is based on a recollection of my childhood, where we had baked ham for Christmas dinner. I've also taken ideas from a recipe in Stephanie Alexander's The Cook's Companion. I'm still not 100% happy with it, but it's not too bad.

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Ingredients

quantity		ingredient		step
1 kg		smoked, baked ham		1
about 50		cloves		1
40 ml		orange juice		2
20 g		Dijon mustard		2
30 g		honey		2

Preparation

1. Remove rind from ham if present, pierce meat in a square pattern at about 2 cm intervals and insert a clove in each corner, stem first.

2. Heat oven to 160°, put in ham and pour over a small quantity of glaze, adding more when it has dried, about every 10 minutes. Total time should be round 90 minutes. Grill if necessary to get a mid-brown colour.