How To Make Ham Recipes

NO-FUSS HAM PATTIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the egg, pickle relish, 6 tablespoons bread crumbs and mustard. Crumble ham over mixture and mix well. Gradually add milk if mixture is too thick. Shape into four patties. Sprinkle each side with remaining bread crumbs. , In a large skillet, cook patties over medium heat in butter for 4-5 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reaches 160°.

DON'T MAKE YOUR HAM UNTIL YOU READ THIS...

Steps:

• Stir together first 6 ingredients (other than the ham) in a roaster pan with a lid
• Place ham, fat side up, in roaster pan, and baste the juicy mixture over the ham.
• Cover and bake at 300 degrees for about ½ hour per pound (it's not exact, and at the low heat, it's hard to mess up but the key is LOW and SLOW!) Baste occasionally with the juices at the bottom of the pan.
• Beat together sauce ingredients (except whipping cream) and cook and stir on LOW heat until mixture thickens.
• Cool completely to room temperature, covering with saucepan lid.
• Whip ½ cup whipping cream
• When cool, fold in whipped cream.
• Chill and serve with ham.

HOMEMADE HAM RECIPE

Steps:

• Dry the ham with a rag to absorb any extra moisture. Weigh the roast and write down this number.
• For every pound of meat, weigh out 15 grams of sea salt and 2.25 grams of sugar. My roast was 7 pounds, so I used a total of 105 grams of salt and 15.75 grams of sugar. And yes, you want this to be precise (hence the kitchen scale). To this salt and sugar, you can add whatever spices you'd like - rosemary, all spice, cloves, thyme, etc. I chose to keep mine simple and added only a small bit of freshly ground black pepper.
• Combine the spices in a bowl and use your fingers to mix them together.
• Rub the meat with the salt/sugar mixture. Get into every crevasse that you can find. Really work it in there. If you have a bone-in roast, pay special attention to that area. Make sure that the roast is coated.
• Place the roast in a large bowl and set it in the refrigerator. You'll leave it to cure here for a few days. Measure the diameter of the roast and add '3' to that to figure out how many days it will cure. My roast was 7 inches across. 7+3= 10 days total for curing.
• After the proper curing time, remove the ham. At this point, the ham can be baked and glazed with whatever you'd like (honey? herbs? molasses?) or smoked. We chose to smoke ours. Three hours over some apple wood in a simple homemade smoker worked just fine. We used a small grill and covered a make-shift teepee around it with canvas. There are a million setup options for smoking: I'll let you get creative.
• If you'd prefer, roughly halfway through the smoking process, the skin of the ham can be removed (if your roast came with skin, that is). Some prefer to leave it on. Some take it off. That's totally up to you.
• The ham should be smoked and cooked to an internal temperature of roughly 170-180 degrees (use a meat thermometer... you'll want to make sure that it's cooked thoroughly.)
• If you'd rather not smoke your ham, the ham can be baked in a 350 degree oven until the same internal temperature is achieved.

AWESOME BAKED HAM

Steps:

• In a medium size mixing bowl, mix yellow mustard and brown sugar until you have a thick"paste".
• Take all wrappers off of ham and trim away excess fat.
• Line baking pan (I spray with Pam in case some of the brown sugar mixture escapes, clean up is easier) with Aluminum foil.
• Place ham on foil and spread brown sugar/mustard paste on top.
• Fold and seal foil.
• Do not open again until ham is done.
• Bake at 350° for 4 hours.
• Let set for about 1 hr then carve.
• One of the best tasting hams you will ever have!

BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place ham in a roasting pan, and press whole cloves into the top at 1 to 2 inch intervals. Pack the top with a layer of brown sugar. Pour enough water into the bottom of the roasting pan to come to a 1 inch depth. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil or a lid.
• Bake for 4 1/2 to 5 hours in the preheated oven (about 22 minutes per pound), or until the internal temperature of the ham has reached 160 degrees F (72 degrees C). Make sure the meat thermometer is not touching the bone. Let stand for about 20 minutes before carving.

HOME-CURED HOLIDAY HAM

Steps:

• Place kosher salt, brown sugar, pickling spice, and pink salt in a container large enough to hold the brine and the ham.
• Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil and pour over the brine ingredients; whisk to dissolve. Pour in 1 gallon fresh cold water to cool down the mixture.
• Score the skin side of the pork roast with a sharp knife. Cut into the fat beneath the skin but not into the meat. Score about 1 inch apart, then score in the opposite direction to get the classic diamond-shaped pattern.
• Lower scored roast into the cooled brine, skin side up. Use a plate to weigh down the roast so that it cures fully submerged in the liquid. Refrigerate for 1 day for every 2 pounds of pork (for a 7 pound roast, cure for at least 2 1/2 days). Turn the roast over halfway through the brining process.
• Remove roast from brining liquid. Discard the brining liquid and transfer the roast back to the brining container. Cover the roast with fresh cold water to rinse off some of the salt. Depending on how salty you want your ham, you can soak it for just a few minutes or overnight. Remove roast from the water and blot dry with paper towels.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Add a cup of water to a roasting pan with 2 whole star anise. Place roast on a rack in the roasting pan.
• Roast until ham reaches an internal temperature of 130 to 135 degrees F, about 2 hours. Ham will not be fully cooked at this point. If water has nearly evaporated, add a splash more. Increase oven temperature to 425 degrees F. Continue to roast until skin is browned and crispy and ham reaches an internal temperature of 145 to 150 degrees F.
• To make the optional glaze, mix the mustard, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and salt together in a bowl. Brush glaze on the ham at this point, not before. Return roast to oven for about 5 minutes to crisp it even further.

HOW TO MAKE HAM

Steps:

• Ham is traditionally made from the hing leg or the shoulder of pork. For beginners, we recommend you try making a 'picnic' ham from the shoulder first. The meat tastes pretty similar and the process is a bit quicker and easier first time around.
• How much brine you make depends on how big your piece of meat is. A general rule is you need to make enough brine to fully submerge your ham in it's container + about 25% extra for pumping.
• When making ham, it's very important you inject your meat with your brine as this ensures your meat will cure thoroughly. This is especially important when using a cut with bones in. Inject as deep as possible ensuring cure is throughout the meat.
• Once you've injected your meat thoroughly, place it in the remaining brine in your container of choice and place in the fridge. Ensure the meat is fully submerged. Curing generally takes 5-7 days.
• After the curing process, remove your meat and thoroughly rinse it under a cold running tap, ensuring to remove any and all excess salt and spices. After this, soak your meat in room temperature water for 2 hours to further remove excess saltiness and cure.
• Place the meat on a plate uncovered inside your refrigerator for 24 hours. During this time two things happen. 1) the remaining cure and salt should 'equalize' throughout the meat, resulting in a less salty and more 'even' tasting final product. 2) your meat will form a 'pellicle'. This is a tacky sheen that will appear on the surface of your meat. The pellicle will help your meat more readily absorb a smokey flavour when it comes time to smoking.
• Yep, that's right. It's here at this step where you'll no longer have a hunk of meat, but rather, a delicious ham. Set your oven or smoker to 110c. Cook your ham until it reaches an internal temperature of 65c.

BAKED HAM FOR TWO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Score the top of the ham in a diamond pattern; making shallow cuts about 1" apart. Place the ham in a shallow, parchment paper-lined baking pan. Bake the ham for 25 minutes. While the ham bakes, make a glaze by combining the remaining ingredients in a bowl. After the ham has baked for 25 minutes, brush it with the glaze. Bake for 25 minutes more. Rest the ham 5 minutes, before slicing and serving. Note: 1/4 hams (a whole, boneless ham cut into 4 pieces) are available in the meat department.