Indian Citrus Raisin And Honey Glazed City Ham With Baby Carrot Recipes

CITRUS HONEY HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and during the last 30 minutes, baste ham every 10 minutes with this scrumptious concoction!
• So yummy and so very simple too!

SIMPLE HONEY GLAZED CARROTS

Steps:

• Rinse carrots under cold water and put in a medium saucepan. Cover with water and add salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and continue cooking for about 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain and set aside.
• In a saute pan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add honey and brown sugar and cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Add the lemon juice and gently stir in carrots, coating well. Continue heating, gently stirring, until carrots are hot and glazed. Serve immediately garnished with freshly ground pepper or chopped parsley, if desired.

RAISIN SAUCE FOR HAM

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, cornstarch and mustard. Stir in the water, raisins, vinegar, lemon juice and zest until blended. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in butter until melted. Serve warm over sliced ham.

EASY GLAZED CARROTS AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Put raisins into a small saucepan, add hot water. and let stand 5 minutes to plump raisins slightly.
• Meanwhile, drain and rinse the carrots.
• Add brown sugar, butter, and salt to the pan and stir to dissolve sugar.
• Bring glaze to a boil over medium-high heat and cook 1 minute.
• Add carrots to glaze and toss to coat.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 minutes uncovered. You can serve the carrots at this point, but the longer they simmer, the thicker the glaze gets and the sweeter the carrots get.
• Enjoy!

GLAZED BABY CARROTS

Steps:

• Cook carrots in a small amount of water until tender. Drain. In a saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar; heat until sugar dissolves. Add carrots and toss to coat. Heat through.

CITY HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 250 degrees F.
• Remove ham from bag, rinse and drain thoroughly. Place ham, cut side down, in a roasting pan. Using a small paring knife or clean utility knife set to the smallest blade setting, score the ham from bottom to top, spiraling clockwise as you cut. (If you're using a paring knife, be careful to only cut through the skin and first few layers of fat). Rotate the ham after each cut so that the scores are no more than 2-inches across. Once you've made it all the way around, move the knife to the other hand and repeat, spiraling counter clockwise. The aim is to create a diamond pattern all over the ham. (Don't worry too much about precision here.)
• Tent the ham with heavy duty foil, insert a thermometer, and cook for 3 to 4 hours or until the internal temperature at the deepest part of the meat registers 130 degrees F.
• Remove and use tongs to pull away the diamonds of skin and any sheets of fat that come off with them.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Dab dry with paper towels, then brush on a liberal coat of mustard, using either a basting brush or a clean paint brush (clean as in never-touched paint). Sprinkle on brown sugar, packing loosely as you go until the ham is coated. Spritz this layer lightly with bourbon, then loosely pack on as much of the crushed cookies as you can.
• Insert the thermometer (don't use the old hole) and return to the oven (uncovered). Cook until interior temperature reaches 140 degrees F, approximately 1 hour.
• Let the roast rest for 1/2 hour before carving.
• *Cook's note: A city ham is basically any brined ham that's packed in a plastic bag, held in a refrigerated case and marked "ready to cook", "partially cooked" or "ready to serve". Better city hams are also labeled "ham in natural juices".

INDIAN CITRUS, RAISIN AND HONEY GLAZED CITY HAM WITH BABY CARROT

Steps:

• Chop onions and peppers and saute in olive oil until onions are translucent. Add zest of 1 orange and juice from 2. Add apricot preserves, crushed pineapple with juice, sugar,cinnamon, honey, garam masala, allspice, raisins, and cream sherry. Bring to boil then let simmer until thickened/syrupy - about 20-30 minutes.
• Score ham and stud with clove buds, basting with a portion of the citrus glaze. (depending on ham type - cooking times will vary). For city ham, cook covered at 325 for 40 minutes, basting every 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and add baby carrots. Pour remaining glaze over ham and carrots and cook for an additional 30 minutes, covered, basting every 15 minutes - be sure to stir carrots as well for even cooking.
• Remove foil, baste again, and cook until ham has nice caramel like glaze and carrots are tender - about 15 minutes.
• Let stand for 15 minutes and remove cloves before serving.
• For added nutrition - halve brussel sprouts and cook with carrots or try parsnip!
• For stronger flavor - make your own garam masala fresh or toast ground masala before adding to glaze mixture.