The Best Ham

Saturday, December 10, 2011 0 comments

SO, at the store last week we found a ham roast on an insane deal. We all love ham. We bought the ham. Anyway, we have never made a ham roast before, usually we just get ham steaks because they are so fast and easy but have a lot of flavor. So, being inexperienced ham roasters, Matt took to the internet and ended up finding this recipe for a glaze on Cooks.com. We tried it and tweaked it a bit... mostly by accident ;) Let me tell you, it was the best ham I have ever had!! Ah-mazing! So, I thought I would share it. I will definitely be making it again and if you try it, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Oh, and another plus of a bone-in roast is that now we get to make split pea soup out of the bone!
Here is the recipe and I will note where we made changes:

SUGAR AND HONEY GLAZED HAM
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Baked Ham
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup drippings from ham
1 Tbsp. grated orange peel
1 Tbsp. grated grapefruit peel

We did not do this part with the peaches -
1 can peach halves
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. honey


Bake a whole ham according to directions in your recipe.

About 45 minutes before the ham is done, remove pan from
oven. Remove the drippings from the pan. Cut the rind from
the ham, leaving behind the fat. Score the fat diagonally
using a sharp knife, about 1/2-3/4 inch deep.

Stir together brown sugar, honey, ham drippings, grapefruit peel and orange
peel to make a glaze. Pour 1/3 of the glaze over the ham.
Return pan to oven. Bake for another 45 minutes, basting the
ham every 10 minutes with the remaining glaze.

We skipped this part -
Brown the peach halves in a skillet with honey and butter.
Arrange around ham to serve.

Ham can also be decorated with slices of pineapple with
cherries in the center for special occasions.

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