Smoked deer ham i

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Deer ham, 8-10 lb
3 tablespoons Red pepper
½ cup Salt
¼ cup Vinegar
4 tablespoons Pepper, black

Directions

Wash ham carefully and trim away fat or cartilage. Make small slits in meat with sharpe knife about 2 in. apart and 1 in. deep, all over the roast. Make a paste of the ingredients and stuff each cut slit with a small teaspoon of seasoning paste. Rub remaining seasoning over outside of roast. Seal tight in a container and refrigerate for 24 - 48 hours, turning over 2 or 3 times. When ready to cook, place on spit over coals and smoke approximately 4 - 5 hours. When done, wrap in foil and keep very warm till serving.

Hugg's Note: Electric skillet with hickory nut hulls make excellent smoke generating stuff. Also green maple, bay.

Recipe date: 12/12/87

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