Stuffed Fresh Ham - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 fresh (13 to 18 lb.) ham with a pocket for stuffing
4 to 16 links Italian sausage

Preparation

Put ham into a roasting pan and surround with water.
Cook in a 400\u00b0 oven for about 2 hours.
Remove.
Strip sausage meat from casings and stuff pocket of ham with sausage meat.
Add more water to pan, if needed.
Return to oven until ham is cooked, about 1 hour longer or until meat is no longer pink.
When ham is done, drain off juice from pan and put into a can or pot.
Place in refrigerator for 1/2 hour.
Remove the fat that has risen to the top.
Use juice to make pork gravy.