Ginger Glazed Ham - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 kg ham
Glaze
800 g apricots in syrup
75 g brown sugar
7 1/2 ml ground ginger
10 ml apricot jam, smooth
Spiced Apricots
4 whole cloves
reserved apricot syrup, from glaze
1 cinnamon stick
25 ml ground mixed spice
10 ml white wine vinegar
reserved apricot
cherries

Preparation

Score ham, insert cloves in squares and bake at 170C for 45 minutes basting with the glaze until crisp and golden brown.
GLAZE:
Drain syrup from apricots, measure out 125ml and reserve remainder.
Place apricot syrup, sugar, ginger and jam in a small pan and melt over a low heat, stirring.
Make reserved apricot syrup up to 250ml, with water if necessary.
Heat syrup, spices and vinegar in a large shallow saucepan.
Add apricots, hollows down and gently simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and cool apricots in syrup.
Place a cherry in each half and arrange around ham.