Rodelle Baked Ham

Preparation Time: 10 min /Cooking Time: 10 min / Baking Time: 1 hour 45 min / Servings: 6-8

Ingredients:
1 (10-12 lb) fully cooked bone-in ham
24 whole cloves
cooking spray
1 1/2 cups Champagne or sparkling wine
1 Rodelle Vanilla Bean, split lengthwise
1 cup apple jelly

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Trim fat and rind from ham.
• Stud the ham with cloves.
• Place ham, bone end up, in a roasting pan coated with cooking spray.
• Pour 1 cup Champagne over ham.
• Bake at 350° for 45 minutes.
• Scrape seeds from Rodelle Vanilla Bean into a small saucepan.
• Add the Rodelle Vanilla Bean and 1/2 cup Champagne to the pan.
• Bring to a boil; cook 2 minutes.
• Stir in apple jelly; cook over medium heat for 4 minutes or until jelly dissolves, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat. Discard the Rodelle vanilla bean.
• Pour half of the Champagne mixture over the ham.
• Bake 30 minutes; pour the remaining Champagne mixture over the ham.
• Bake an additional 30 minutes or until ham is thoroughly heated.
• Place ham on a platter; cover loosely with foil.
• Let stand 15 minutes.
• Pour the ham drippings into a tall glass.