How do i bake a ham???? new cook here?

Question

please help me, my husband loves ham and i dont' know how to make one, i've heard of yummy ones with brown sugar and pineapple but i wouldn't know where to start? what kind of ham should i get? what do i put it in? and i really don't know cooking lingo so if you could explain it to me i would appreciate it, thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Jennifer S. is correct. The best thing to do for a beginner is to buy a spiral cut ham. However, there are great ways to doctor up the recipe to make your husband forget all about hams of the past.

The day before you're going to bake your ham, get a large can of beer. PBR or any other cheap beer is fine. Open the beer the night before you want to cook it (or in the am for an evening dinner), put it back in the fridge with the cap off and allow it to go flat (taking out all carbonation). If you're in a rush, you can cut the carbonation out by pouring it back and forth between two large bowls until all the bubbles are gone (about 10 minutes).

After the beer is flat, take your ham and place it in a roasting pan. Make sure that your pan is a few inches deep as there will be quite a bit of liquid from the ham. Also make sure that you cover the pan with foil. This will save you a huge headache when it's time for cleanup. Take a small container of dijon mustard. Smear the mustard over the entire ham. Take a box of LIGHT brown sugar (dark brown will make it too syrupy) and pack the brown sugar on top of the mustard covered ham. After your brown sugar is packed on top (it should look like something similar to a sand dune:)) take your beer and pour it on top of the ham. Most of this will fall to the bottom of the ham, but because it's spiral cut, will be soaked up by the ham. Cover the pan in foil and place in the oven. Halfway through baking, take ham out and using a spoon or basting syringe, baste the ham.

Very simple and very delicious. Makes the most perfect ham sandwiches the next day.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

If the ham does not come with a glaze, make a glaze by combining about 1 cup brown sugar with 1 cup coca cola. You can add some 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves if you like. Brush about 1/2 the glaze over the ham, then baste two or three times while heating. My fully cooked bone-in spiral ham says "preheat oven to 325 degrees F., Place ham, flat side down on flat baking sheet (I am using a reinforced foil pan with 2 inch sides,). Bake ham 8 minutes to the pound." So, your ham should take 1 hour 20 minutes to heat through. The most important thing to do is not to over heat the ham or it will be dry. If your using a non-reinforced foil pan, make sure to put it on a cookie sheet, they are pretty hard to handle otherwise. I plan on heating my 9 lb. maple glazed ham at 350 degrees for one hour, because my oven won't work under 350 degrees. It would be much appreciated by those who answered your question if you picked a best answer. So many Yahoo Questioners don't which make me wonder if the answers are actually read. HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Answer 3

At the store, they usually sell several different types of ham. Bone-in, Black Forest (boneless), and a cheap loaf looking ham. I recommend the bone-in. There will be directions on the package, but just know, you can't really mess it up. Many of the hams at the store have a package of brown sugar sauce attached. Just follow the directions for applying the brown sugar after a certain amount of time. The hams at the grocery store are already fully cooked, so no fears about food poisoning. Putting them in the oven is just a process of reheating. Caution: The hams are usually in at least 2 plastic wrappings. Once you get rid of the top layer of plastic, check to make sure you remove another one. Good luck.

Answer 4

Since you have never done it before the best and easiest way is to go and buy a spiral cut ham. Read the label and make sure it comes with a glaze packet. The directions are right on it. You just lay it down in a pan, cover with foil and cook for about 20 mins per lb. About a half an hour before its done you take it out and put the glaze on it. Its super easy and really delicious. Its also great on sandwiches the next day.

Answer 5

hams are easy.....buy a ham, no bone....buy a can of sliced pineapple with juice....brown sugar....cloves
stick the ham on a cookie sheet
slice a checkerboard pattern into it, about 1/4" deep
stick one clove at each intersection
attach the pineapple slices to the ham using toothpicks, covering the entire ham
wet the ham with the pineapple juice
pat the ham with the brown sugar, keep moist with juice
stick in oven at 325, i think a half hour per pound (not sure about the time, but i think that's right)
tastes way good

Answer 6

2 kg or 4½ lbs piece of ham
water
some yellow onions
1 carrot, cut in pieces
cloves

Preheat oven to 100 degrees C.
Place the ham in an ovenproof rather big pan, fat side up
Push a roasting thermometer into the thickest part of the ham
Add water, onions, carrot and cloves
Place the pan with the ham in the oven and simmer
When the thermometer shows 70 degrees C, the ham is ready to leave the oven.
Allow the ham to cool in liquid.

Answer 7

My favorite is to buy a spiral ham. I then slide a few cinnamon sticks between the layers, pack brown sugar on the top and pour coke over the top of the ham. Bake it on 425 degrees for a couple hours. good luck!!!!

Answer 8

All fruits are fresh vegetables. A "vegetable" is a plant, any part of which is employed for food.

Answer 9

In the superstore, fruits are usually chosen far too soon. Some are rocks, many are bad. Some of the fruit and vegetables are right (zucchini, onions, garlic, lettuce, greens, and a few others) so I'd have to go with vegetables.

Answer 10

Here is what I give people to printout when they ask me the same question

good luck !!

http://www.hormel.com/create/default.asp?req=tipsandideas/article/663


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