Ham Baked in Wine - Skinke I Vin

• smoked ham↗10 lbs
• onions↗2

  small, chopped

• leek↗1

  finely chopped

• red wine↗1 5⁄8 quarts
• mushroom↗1⁄2 lb

  sliced

• butter↗2 tablespoons
• water↗1⁄2 cup
• salt↗
• pepper↗
• butter↗2 tablespoons
• flour↗2 tablespoons

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Loosen the skin from the ham and simmer with the onions and the leek for 1 hour in a roasting pan with all but ½ cup of the wine.

2. 2

   Remove ham from roaster.

3. 3

   Cut away and discard tough outer skin.

4. 4

   Brown mushrooms in butter.

5. 5

   Cut a slash in the top of the ham sufficiently large to hold the mushroom mixture, water, salt and pepper.

6. 6

   Skewer the opening to keep the filling in place.

7. 7

   Make a sauce of the 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 tablespoon of flour and the liquid from the roaster.

8. 8

   Stir over a low heat.

9. 9

   Add the reserved ½ cup wine a little at a time and mix well.

10. 10

    Pout over the ham in the roasting pan and bake until tender (about 25 minutes per pound) in a preheated 375º oven.

11. 11

    Baste at least every ½ hour with juices from the pan.