Holiday Spiral Ham
When it comes to the holidays, you will find glazed ham on many people’s tables. In this case, the recipe calls for a bone-in spiral ham. The bone-in preserves natural flavors. The spiral cut means slicing is easy. Better still, you can get your glaze into each crevice for the evenness of caramelization. Add mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, a green bean casserole, and pie - and it’s time to eat!You will likely have some leftovers from dinner. You can freeze them for three months. In the refrigerator, they should be consumed in three days. What can you make in those three days?
Equipment
- Ham salad
- Scalloped potatoes and ham
- Ham and bean soup
- Hash brown eggs
- Sliders
- Baked beans and ham
- Corn chowder with ham
- Cheese and ham pinwheels
- Pizza with ham Well, you get the picture. By the way, don’t just toss out that bone. It makes great soup stock.
Ingredients
- 6 lb spiral-cut ham bone-in
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup orange blossom honey
- ¼ cup cup apple juice or cider
- 1 capful vanilla extract
- Pinch of ginger powder
Instructions
- Set your oven to 325 degrees
- Spray your roaster with a light layer of cooking spray to make cleanup easier.
- Prepare the glaze by combining all the ingredients (but the ham) in a small saucepan.
- Simmer for the glaze gets syrupy (about 7 minutes)
- Using a pastry brush, apply the glaze to each spiral.
- Try to reserve about half of it for toward the end of cooking.
- Place the ham in the roaster and cover it.
- Cook for 1.5 hours, then uncover
- Pour the remaining glaze on the ham
- Cook for another 30 minutes
- Slice and use the drippings like gravy
Creative Substitutions
- Replace apple juice with orange, pineapple, mango or cranberry
- Replace honey with real maple syrup
Notes
Tip: You need about ¾ lb. of ham per person, portion size. Allow for 20 minutes per pound of cooking at 325F. The ham is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 145F