Why not eat half the ham, freshly glazed and hot on Christmas Eve, perhaps with a dish of gratin Dauphinoise; you can still have plenty left over for slicing and serving cold after Christmas
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Ingredients
1 large onion, thickly sliced
1 gammon joint, 2.25-2.5kg
100g light brown sugar
1 x 75cl bottle fruity red wine (eg Shiraz)
750ml orange juice (from a carton)
12 black peppercorns
3 mulled wine sachets
about 40 whole cloves
For the glaze
75g cranberry sauce
1 tsp Dijon or English mustard - see advice in last recipe step
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Scatter the onion in the base of a large lidded pan that is big enough to hold your gammon joint. Add 75g of the sugar then sit the gammon joint in the pan. Pour in the red wine and orange juice to cover the gammon. If it isn’t fully covered, but is mostly submerged, you will simply need to turn it a few times during cooking. Add the peppercorns, mulled wine sachets and 10 cloves to the pan. Bring to a simmer, skim off any scum, then partially cover the pan and leave to simmer for 11⁄2 to 13⁄4 hours (see intro for joints of a different size).
When the ham is cooked (it becomes known as ham when it’s cooked), remove to a carving platter or dish and leave to cool for 15-20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 220°C, fan 200°C, gas 7. Measure 400ml of the mulled wine liquor (strained) into a pan and reduce until syrupy; about 15-20 minutes. Keep an eye on it, especially towards the end of this time, to make sure that it doesn’t over-reduce and catch.
When the ham is cool enough to handle, remove the bindings and peel off the skin, leaving a layer of fat on the joint. Score the fat into diamond shapes and stud with the rest of the whole cloves. Sit the ham, fat-side up, in a roasting tin that’s been lined with foil (for ease of washing up later).
Add the remaining 25g of brown sugar to the syrupy mulled wine glaze along with the cranberry sauce and mustard. Cook for 3-5 minutes over a medium heat, stirring, until thickened. Brush half the glaze over the ham and roast in the hot oven for 5-7 minutes. Brush with the rest of the glaze and cook for a further 5 minutes until sticky and starting to caramelise. Leave to rest for about 15 minutes before carving.
The cooled cooked ham will keep for up to 5 days in the fridge; slices can also be frozen, but this is best done when the ham is freshly cooked and cooled.
Use either Dijon mustard, or 1⁄2 tsp dried English mustard powder, if required for gluten-free; ready- made English mustard contains wheat.
Use a smaller joint if you are cooking for fewer people or don’t need the leftovers; calculate the simmering time based on 20 minutes per 500g, plus an extra 20 minutes if the weight is under 1.5kg.
Heat the honey, corn syrup, and butter in a double boiler to make the glaze. Brush the glaze over the ham and bake in a foil-lined pan for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, brushing every 15 minutes or so with the glaze. Broil the ham for a few minutes before removing it from the oven.
To Prepare Ahead: make the glaze up to 2 weeks in advance. Remove the rind from the ham and score it, return to the fridge up to 2 days ahead. On the day of, apply the glaze, bake and baste.
The glaze should not be applied until the final hour to 30 minutes, in order to avoid burning the sugars. What you're going to do with the glaze ingredients is just combine most of them into a paste, and then apply it to the ham. After that, the heat in your oven will take care of everything.
First, our Honey Baked Ham products start with a rigorous selection process, then the meat is smoked for up to 24 hours with our special blend of hardwood chips. The result is that every rich and flavorful bite, and every slice, is fall-apart-in-your-mouth perfect. There's something about that sweet, crunchy glaze.
HoneyBaked Ham® and Turkey Breasts are best served directly from the refrigerator – simply thaw and they're ready for the table. If you prefer your meat warmed, gently heat on low heat, only by the slice, not heating the entire ham or turkey breast. Heating may cause the meat to dry out and lose flavor.
Method. Put the gammon into a large saucepan and pour on enough cold water to cover. Add the carrots, leek, onion, peppercorns, coriander seeds, cinnamon stick and bay leaves. Bring to the boil, turn down to a simmer and cook for 3 hours, topping up with more boiling water if necessary.
About 20 minutes prior to the end of cooking time, begin glazing the ham but applying it with a silicon brush. Continue to glaze every 5 minutes until the ham is done. The ham is ready when a thermometer reads an internal temperature of 135-140f.
Temperatures of around 325 F to 350 F are perfect. Because the temperature is so low, we can simply apply the glaze to the ham about 30 to 60 minutes before the ham is finished cooking.
Yes, you can glaze and bake ham the day before it's meant to be served. The glaze can be made up to a week in advance. Keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator. You can remove the rind and score the ham up to three days before using it.
For years, I've been making my glazed ham the day before serving then just reheating it on the day of. It comes out 100% perfectly. The glaze is just as good as freshly made and the ham flesh doesn't dry out at all.
Can you overcook a glazed ham? Yes, you can. Overcooked ham can become dry. Cook the ham for 1 hour at 200ºC or until warmed through, basting it every 15 minutes.
For hams that are fully cooked (again, check the label) and not spiral sliced, first cut off any skin. Score the through the fat layer, making diamond crosshatch marks. Place in a 325-to-350-degree oven, brush with some glaze if desired and bake until heated through and the internal temperature reaches 135 degrees.
If you don't cover your ham while cooking it will quickly dry out. Instead: Put some aluminum foil over your ham while it's cooking. It is recommended that the ham is covered for at least half of the cooking process and only removed during the last half when you glaze it.
Because most hams come with a glaze packet that typically contains added sugars and preservatives, all you have to do is add water and let it cook until thickened (per MyRecipes). However, sometimes the easy route does not yield the most delicious results.
Some cuts expose a few white spots with a limestone-like consistency, which are the result of prolonged curing. These show that the ham is of the highest quality. Technically they are crystals of an amino acid called tyrosine.
Every Honey Baked Ham is hand prepared, smoked, spiral sliced and glazed to perfection. Then we take extra care to make sure your ham arrives every bit as delicious, juicy and tender by wrapping it in foil, placing it in a sealed poly bag and freezing it.
An idea that produced what is regarded today as the world's best ham. Using the highest quality bone-in smoked ham, Harry created a special curing and cooking procedure, bringing out a one-of-a-kind taste that can only be described as perfection.
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Prep time: 20 mins
