Baked Ham With Mojo Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Ham
    14 -16 lbs ham, ready to eat bone in
    16 whole cloves
    2 -4 tablespoons Dijon mustard
    1/4 cup packed brown sugar
    1 1/2 cups dry white wine
    Mojo sauce
    16 garlic cloves, thinly sliced lengthwise
    1 cup finely slivered onion
    1 teaspoon ground cumin
    1 cup extra virgin olive oil
    2 cups fresh orange juice (3-4 oranges)
    1/2 cup fresh lime juice (2-3 limes)
    2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
    salt
    pepper
    Papaya salsa
    2 ripe papayas, about 1 pound each
    2 ripe plum tomatoes, seeded cut into cubes 1/4 inch
    1 tablespoon jalapeno, finely chopped
    1/3 cup finely chopped red onion
    1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (or flat leaf parsley)
    2 limes, zest of, finely grated
    1/3 cup fresh lime juice
Preparation
    Mojo sauce:
    In a medium bowl combine garlic onion cumin salt and pepper.
    heat olive oil in a medium sauce pan over low heat.
    Add onion mixture and stir till softened about 10 minutes.
    Add orange juice, lime juice and vinegar and cook for 5 minutes to let flavors blend cool to room temp and remove 2 cups for the ham.
    Papaya salsa:
    Peel and seed papaya and cut into 1/4 inch cubes.
    Place in a medium sized bowl and gently fold in tomatoes, jalapeno, red onion, cilantro, and lime zest.
    Toss in lime juice refrigerate for no more than 4 hours.
    Ham:
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
    Place ham in a shallow roasting pan and score a diamond pattern into it insert cloves into points of the diamonds.
    Brush ham with mustard and sprinkle with brown sugar.
    Pour 1 cup of mojo sauce over ham.
    Bake on center rack for 2 hours or until 140\u00b0F on a thermometer (about 15-18 minutes per pound) basting every 20-30 minutes alternating with white wine and other cup of mojo sauce.
    Let stand for 15 minutes and serve with remaining mojo and papaya salsa.

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