Baked or Broiled Ham

ALWAYS REMEMBER, CURED, FRESH, SALTED, SMOKED

HAM IS HAM 

HAM EITHER IS--OR IT ISN'T:

Baked Cured Ham

            Have ham warmed to room temperature and bake according to directions given by packer, or as follows:

            Wipe ham with clean cloth, wrap loosely in clean wrapping paper and place fat side up on rack of shallow roasting pan. Do not cover pan or add water. For baking allow 15 minutes per pound for hams, 12 pounds or over;  allow 18 minutes per pound for hams, under 12 pounds; allow 22 minutes per pound for 1/2 hams; or bake to an internal temperature of 150 F., being sure bulb of thermometer is inserted into centre of thickest part of meat and does not touch bone. Bake, in slow oven (300 F.) until within 45 minutes of total baking time. Remove paper and rind from ham; make a series of shallow cuts across fat to cut into squares or diamonds, spread with desired glaze and insert 1 clove into each square of fat. Bake uncovered in 325 F. oven for remaining 45 minutes.
Fresh Ham should be treated, and prepared, as any other fresh pork.
When the bone is a nuisance, simply remove it, and stuff the ham before baking.

Glazes

One cup brown sugar, juice, and grated rind of 1 orange.

One cup brown or white sugar and 1/2 cup maraschino cherry juice, cider or sweet pickles juice from pickled fruit.

One cup honey.

One cup brown sugar, 1 table spoon mustard.

One cup puréed apricots, rhubarb, or apple sauce.

One glass currant jelly, melted. Use maraschino cherries and mint cherries fastened with pieces of toothpicks instead of cloves

Three-fourths cup pineapple juice, 3/4 cup honey, and 1/2 teaspoon mustard cooked until thick.

One-half cup maple syrup, 1/2 cup cider or apple juice and 2 Tbsp. mustard.

One-half cup orange marmalade

Cook 1/2 lb. fresh cranberries with 1 cup maple syrup until skins pop open. Press mixture through sieve and spread over ham.

            Instead of using cloves, make a flower on top of glaze, using pineapple rings and apricot halves.
©Al (Alex-Alexander) D. Girvan 1995. All rights reserved.