Stuffed Company Ham With Chutney Baked Pears

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 lbs good quality bulk lamb sausage
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 unpeeled apple, diced
• 3 cups soft bread cubes
• 1/2 cup mincemeat
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 6 -7 lbs fully cooked boneless ham
• 1/2 cup apple jelly or 1/2 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 6 ripe pears, peeled,halved and cored
• 1 cup chutney
• 1/2 cup apple juice
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet, brown and crumble the sausage.
• 2 drain well and add celery, onion and apple; cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until celery is tender.
• 3 remove from heat and stir in crumbs, mincemeat, parsley and thyme.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 on top of ham, cut two full length wedges out, about 1 inch wide and 3/4 inch deep, 3 inches apart.
• 6 spoon about 1/2 cup stuffing into each wedge.
• 7 place remaining stuffing in a greased 1 1/2 cup casserole dish, cover and place in fridge.
• 8 place ham in a roasting tin and cover loosely with a foil tent.
• 9 bake at 325*f for 2 1/4 hours.
• 10 in a saucepan, heat jelly and mustard until jelly melts.
• 11 brush some over ham; return ham to oven, uncovered for 30 minutes longer, brushing occasionally with jelly mixture.
• 12 place covered dish of stuffing in the oven at this time as well.
• 13 for pears, mix water and lemon juice.
• 14 dip pear halves in this and drain.
• 15 place with cut sides up in a greased baking pan.
• 16 mix chutney and apple juice; pour over pears.
• 17 drizzle with butter.
• 18 remove ham from oven; covr with foil and let stand 30 minutes before slicing.
• 19 while continuing to bake stuffing, bake pears, uncovered for 30 minutes basting occasionally.
• 20 serve the ham sliced, accompanied with the pears.