To Boil a Westphalia Ham

Ingredients

• Westphalia ham or Smithfield ham 
• Water
• Brown Sugar
• Sherry wine

Directions

1. Let the ham soak overnight in a tub of water.
2. Boil it in the same water for 3 hours and let it cool in the same water. 
3. Skin the ham and mix brown sugar and sherry wine in a bowl until sugar is moist. Once sugar and wine are combined put a heavy layer of that mixture on the ham. 
4. Put the ham in the oven and let the sugar brown. 

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Caitlyn Craddock
Louisiana Anthology
June 10, 2021