Traditional Swedish Christmas Ham
By: FoodMap Adventures
Published: Monday, June 23, 2014 - 8:00am

Ingredients




1 cured ham
Mustard browning the top:
1 egg
3 tablespoons mustard
2-3 tbsp breadcrumbs

Preparation

1 Rinse the ham under running water. Let the grid in place. 2 Place the ham in a baking dish with the rind facing up. Insert a meat thermometer with the tip in the middle of the ham. 3 Baking the ham in the lower part of the oven of 125°C until the thermometer reads 75°C (about 70 minutes per pound) 4 Browning the top: 5 Remove the net and the rind before browning the top. Put the ham in an ovenproof dish. 6 Mix the egg and mustard and spread over the ham. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs. 7 Set the ham in the upper part of the oven at 200°C, about 10-15 minutes. 8 Let the ham cool thoroughly before cutting it into slices with a sharp knife.

About

This is one dish of some of the most common dishes on a Swedish “julbord“:
Christmas ham
different kinds of pickled herring
sausages and meatballs
lox
Jansson’s frestelse (temptation)
cheese and pâté
different kinds of mustard
eggs and potatoes
schnapps