Ham Ball Recipes

OLD FASHIONED HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease (2) 9x13 baking dishes with oil and set aside. Use the coarse setting on your meat grinder to grind the leftover ham. If you don't have a meat grinder, you can use a food processor to pulse until it is chopped like hamburger meat.
• Combine all the meatball ingredients in a large bowl and mix with your hands until combined. Roll into 1 1/2" - 2" meatballs. I use a medium size cookie scoop to scoop them all the same size before smoothing them with my hands. Arrange the meatballs in the baking pans and set aside.
• Whisk together all the glaze ingredients in a medium size saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to a boil, whisking until the sugar has dissolved. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 4-5 minutes, until the sauce has thickened.
• Pour the glaze over the ham balls, dividing it between the two pans. Bake the ham balls, uncovered, for 75-85 minutes, until the ham balls have browned and the sauce has reduced to a syrupy consistency. Enjoy!
• FREEZER MEAL: Let the meatballs cool and then transfer to a freezer safe Ziploc or an airtight container. Pour all remaining glaze over them and press out any air. Let thaw in the refrigerator before reheating covered in the oven, on the stove-top or in the microwave.

TASTE OF HOME OLD FASHIONED HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Use the coarse setting on your meat grinder to grind your ham. (If you do not have a meat grinder, use your food processor to pulse until it is finely chopped like hamburger or chop very finely with a large, sharp knife.)
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Evenly coat two 9"x13" baking dishes with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine all the ham ball ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix together with your hands until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
• Roll the meat into 2-inch balls. (I use a medium sized disher to get evenly sized meatballs so they cook at the same rate.)
• Arrange the ham balls in the pans. Set aside.
• Add all the glaze ingredients to a medium-sized, heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, whisking just until the sugar is fully melted.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 4 minutes. Do not cover the pan while simmering.
• Pour the glaze over the ham balls, dividing evenly between the two pans.
• Bake the ham balls, uncovered, for 70 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced to a syrupy consistency and the ham balls are browned.

HAM BALL

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese, ham, green onions, and seasoned salt until evenly mixed; roll into a ball.
• Spread chopped pecans onto a flat surface. Roll ham ball in chopped pecans to coat.

AMISH HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Lightly grease 2-9x13 inch baking dishes with cooking spray.
• Cut ham steak into cubes and place in a food processor with the steel blade. Pulse until you have chopped the ham like the ground beef. You may need to grind the ham in 2 batches.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the ham, beef, pork, eggs, milk and panko. Mix until well combined.
• Using a small cookie scoop or your hands shape the mixture into 2 inch balls. Divide the meatballs between the 2 baking dishes.
• In a medium saucepan whisk together the brown sugar, ketchup, water, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire, and ground mustard. Over medium high heat bring the glaze to a boil, whisk until the brown sugar has melted. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 4 minutes or until the glaze has thicken.
• Evenly pour the glaze over the meatballs. Bake for 75-85 until the meatballs are browned.

HAM BALLS

Steps:

• (3 batches of sauce is best when filling a crockpot with a double batch of balls) Ham Balls: Mix all together, gradually adding milk at the end to moisten enough to form balls.
• Bake balls on a cookie sheet for 20 minutes at 350 degrees, drain fat and cool.
• Sauce: Mix togther, heat and simmer 10 minutes until well blended.

IOWA HAM BALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients. Using a 1/3 cup measure, shape mixture into 2-in. balls. Place in two large shallow roasting pans. Combine all remaining ingredients; pour over balls. Bake at 325° for 1 hour, basting frequently with sauce.

HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine the ham, pork OR sausage, and the ground beef. Stir in the milk, eggs and graham cracker crumbs and mix well. Form into large balls about 2 inches in diameter and place them in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the soup, vinegar, brown sugar and mustard powder. Mix well and pour over the meatballs.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until internal meat temperature reaches 160 degrees F (73 degrees C).

OLD FASHIONED HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine ground beef, ground pork, ground ham, beaten eggs, graham cracker crumbs and milk until mixed.
• Roll into 1 1/2 inch balls. Arrange in a baking dish. (2) 13 x 9 inch baking dishes work perfectly.
• In a bowl, mix tomato soup, brown sugar, dry mustard and apple cider vinegar.
• Spoon or pour over the ham ball.
• Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour.
• Serve with the brown sugar glazed spooned over top.

HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cook onion in butter for 5-6 minutes or until tender. Cool completely.
• Combine all sauce ingredients in a bowl.
• Combine ham ball ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Form into 1" meatballs and place in a 9x13 pan.
• Spread sauce over the meatballs, cover and cook 30 minutes.
• Uncover, flip meatballs over and cook an additional 20-25 minutes or until sauce is thickened and meatballs are cooked through.

HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°
• Combine the meatball ingredients. In a large bowl lightly combine the 1 lb ground ham, 1 lb ground beef, 1 cup graham cracker crumbs, 3/4 cup milk, and 1 egg. Make large meatballs. Form the mixture into large meatballs, about 1/3 cup in size each. Place into a 9x13 baking dish. You will have about 12-15 meatballs.
• Whisk together the sauce ingredients & pour over meatballs. In another bowl whisk together the can of condensed tomato soup, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white vinegar, and 1 tsp dry mustard. Pour the sauce over the meatballs.
• Bake 1 hour. Bake in the oven, uncovered, for 1 hour, basting the tops of the ham balls with the sauce once or twice during cooking.
• Cool & eat! Let the meatballs cool for about 5-10 minutes and then serve with mashed or baked potatoes and veggies.

HAM BALLS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl soak bread in milk for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in eggs.
• Add meat and mix together.
• Shape into balls and place in a greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
• In a bowl mix together glaze ingredients.
• Pour sauce over ham balls.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours.
• Baste occasionally with sauce.

HAM BALLS WITH BROWN SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Pulse ham in batches in a food processor until finely ground. Combine with the next 7 ingredients just until mixed. Shape into 1-in. balls; place in a single layer on greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans., For glaze, cook and stir all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Spoon over ham balls. Bake until ham balls are just beginning to brown, 30-35 minutes, rotating pans and carefully stirring halfway through. Gently toss in glaze. Serve warm.

HAM CREAM CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Cut up the ham into small pieces.
• Cut up the green onions into small pieces as well.
• Combine the softened cream cheese, the green onions, and the ham into a bowl and mix (smoosh) with your hands.
• Form into a ball.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Great with Ritz crackers!

HAM BALLS WITH BROWN SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking pans.
• Pulse ham in batches in a food processor until finely ground.
• Combine with the next seven ingredients just until mixed.
• Shape into 1 inch balls and place in a single layer on prepared baking pans.
• For glaze, cook and stir all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Brush half of the glaze on ham balls.
• Bake until ham balls are just beginning to brown, 30-35 minutes, rotating pans and stirring halfway through.
• Gently toss in remaining glaze. Serve warm.

HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grind your ham up in the food processor. In a large bowl add the ham, pork, beaten egg, graham cracker crumbs, milk, salt, pepper, and parsley. Combine all the ingredients together.
• Take about two tablespoons out and roll into a ball with your hands. Place into a greased 9x13 baking sheet. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
• While the ham balls are baking, in a medium-sized pot over medium heat whisk together the ketchup, sugar, mustard, and vinegar. After 2 minutes reduce to a simmer. The last 5 mins of the balls baking, for the sauce over the entire thing. Serve warm.

SLOW COOKER HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a 9 x 13 x 2-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine the ground ham, pork, breadcrumbs, beaten eggs, milk, and parsley, if using. Mix until thoroughly blended.
• Shape the meat mixture into balls. To keep them uniform in size, portion the mixture with a 1/4-cup measuring cup for large entrée-size balls or use a cookie scoop for appetizers.
• Arrange the ham balls in the prepared baking pan; bake for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, and ground mustard in a saucepan. Place the pan over medium heat and bring to a simmer.
• Transfer the baked ham balls to the slow cooker and pour the glaze mixture over them. Cook on high for 30 minutes. Turn to the low or warm setting for serving.

THIS IOWA GIRL'S HAM BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine ground pork, ground ham, eggs, milk, and graham cracker crumbs.
• Using a 1/2 cup measuring cup, form ham balls, and place in a 9" x 13" baking pan.
• To prepare the sauce, combine brown sugar, mustard, ketchup, water, and vinegar.
• Pour the sauce on top of the ham balls.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Baste the ham balls periodically with the sauce while baking.