Oh Barefoot Contessa, You're Redeemed

a very delish, easy ham recipe (see below)

my dull, but functional tablescape. so, i decided to make the barefoot contessa's baked virginia ham recipe. it's no longer available on the foodnetwork website, so here it is:

1 (14 to 16 pound) bone-in, spiral cut, smoked ham
1/2 cup dijon mustard
1 cup brown sugar
8 oz. jar of mango chutney
zest of one orange
1/4 cup freshly-squeezed juice
6 cloves minced garlic

preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

we used a 9.72 pound ham, which worked fine and four cloves (versus six) cloves of minced garlic; otherwise, i used all the ingredients and mixed them up in a bowl (the recipe calls for blending them together in a food processor).

place the ham in a heavy roasting pan, coat it with the marinade, and put in the oven. cook for one hour and then allow to rest for 10 to 15 minutes. slice and serve. it's incredibly simple and amazingly good. yum.

we served with sauteed green beans, an okay noodles romanoff recipe (i should have used 8 ounces of noodles versus the whole package. then it would have been less dry, my fault.), and spinach salad, which would have turned out decent except that i used vegetable oil for the dressing versus olive oil. any time a salad dressing recipe calls for vegetable oil, disregard and use olive oil. believe me, you won't be sorry.

and barefoot contessa, i'll never doubt you again.