Honey-Glazed Ham
Enough glaze for one 6-7 pound ham
Ingredients
For the ham:
¾ cup water, or as needed*
2 whole star anise
12 whole cloves, or more to taste
1 6-7 pound country-style ham**
For the glaze:
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
¼ cup honey
2 TB Dijon mustard
2 TB rice vinegar***
1 ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 pinch cayenne pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Prepare ham: Add water, star anise, and cloves to the bottom of a roasting pan. Place a roasting rack into the pan; place ham on the rack. Cut 1/4-inch-deep slashes, 1/2-inch apart, lengthwise and crosswise across the top of ham.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
While ham is baking, make glaze: Whisk together brown sugar, honey, mustard, vinegar, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne pepper in a medium bowl until thick and smooth.
Brush glaze all over ham. Continue baking ham, brushing with glaze every 20 minutes, until glaze is deep golden and ham is heated through, about 2 hours 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of ham should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
Run a kitchen torch over ham until glaze is crispy and caramelized, 2 to 5 minutes.
* Depending on your roasting pan, you may need more water. You’ll need about an inch or so of water in the pan.
** “Country-style ham” can mean a lot of different things. I used a fully cooked bone-in half ham, not pre-sliced. I usually avoid hams that are labeled “ham and water product” or “water added,” and go with ones that say “with natural juices.”
*** If you don’t have rice vinegar (I didn’t), most any vinegar will do. I used cider vinegar.
Recipe from Allrecipes.com (Chef John)
The CookingBites recipe challenge: brown sugar
Enough glaze for one 6-7 pound ham
Ingredients
For the ham:
¾ cup water, or as needed*
2 whole star anise
12 whole cloves, or more to taste
1 6-7 pound country-style ham**
For the glaze:
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
¼ cup honey
2 TB Dijon mustard
2 TB rice vinegar***
1 ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 pinch cayenne pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Prepare ham: Add water, star anise, and cloves to the bottom of a roasting pan. Place a roasting rack into the pan; place ham on the rack. Cut 1/4-inch-deep slashes, 1/2-inch apart, lengthwise and crosswise across the top of ham.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
While ham is baking, make glaze: Whisk together brown sugar, honey, mustard, vinegar, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne pepper in a medium bowl until thick and smooth.
Brush glaze all over ham. Continue baking ham, brushing with glaze every 20 minutes, until glaze is deep golden and ham is heated through, about 2 hours 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of ham should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
Run a kitchen torch over ham until glaze is crispy and caramelized, 2 to 5 minutes.
* Depending on your roasting pan, you may need more water. You’ll need about an inch or so of water in the pan.
** “Country-style ham” can mean a lot of different things. I used a fully cooked bone-in half ham, not pre-sliced. I usually avoid hams that are labeled “ham and water product” or “water added,” and go with ones that say “with natural juices.”
*** If you don’t have rice vinegar (I didn’t), most any vinegar will do. I used cider vinegar.
Recipe from Allrecipes.com (Chef John)
The CookingBites recipe challenge: brown sugar
