Hot Grilled Baked Ham

1 cooked ham on the bone (about 9lb.)
Whole cloves
8oz. can pineapple pieces in juice
Glace red cherries
¼ cup liquid honey
2 tablespoons prepared American-style mustard

Remove skin from ham using your hand to separate skin from fat. Weigh ham. Cut a diamond pattern in the fat. Push whole cloves into ham at point of each diamond.
Drain pineapple, reserving a quarter cup of juice. Arrange pineapple pieces and cherries over ham securing with toothpicks if necessary. Mix reserved juice, honey and mustard in a bowl and spoon over cut surface of ham.
Turn grill side burners on and preheat grill to medium heat. Place ham in roasting dish and cover dish with foil. Place dish in center of grill away from direct heat. Cover with lid and cook, allowing 10 minutes per 1.1lb.
About 20 minutes before the end of cooking, remove foil and baste ham with honey mixture, continue to cook for calculated time, basting ham with honey mixture during cooking.

February 9th, 2010

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