How do you cook your ham?

Question

I boil mine in dry cider (not sweet) and then when it is cooked, I take it out and remove the rind, score it in diamond shapes, rub brown sugar or honey into it, put a clove into each diamond and then crisp it up in a hot oven. The cider can be used to make gravy.

Answer 1

Get a shank portion of ham Cooks is a good buy
Pineapple juice (if you or the kids like to drink it get a big can)
Can of chopped pineapple

Pour some juice in the bottom of a big pot that can fit in the oven. Mix in the can of pineapple.
Take the ham and remove the little plastic plug on the meat side and wash with cold water real good.
Put the ham in the pot with the big side which is almost all meat towards the bottom
This leaves the fat side up and juice will drain through it.
Put foil over the pan and cook at about 220 for around 6 hours.
Then cook on about 350 for another 2 hours right before you eat.
Hope this helps

Answer 2

I cook mine in exactly the same way. Have done for at least 30 years. I was told this way by a farmer's wife who did bed and breakfast in the north of Scotland. We traditionally have this every Christmas along with roast chicken.
One small addition - a teaspoon of brown sugar added to the cider.

Answer 3

as long as the meat you eat is above 140 its safe to eat no matter how you cook it. if you have alot of drippings put some slices into that and bake for about 10 min if not nuke it gently it will dry out though. what I do is slice a section down and return all pieces to the roaster for 10 or 15 min and temp the slices if ok pull them out and return the larger section while you eat. remember your temp will increase sometimes 10 degree while you rest it. if you pull it at 130 or 135 and cover with foil and rest in the roaster for 10 min before slicing temp again and you'll find the temp has increased its called carry-over cooking most restaurants rely on this method

Answer 4

mmmmthat sounds good!
My daughter in law cooks the Ham with my recipe
We use cherry juice and cherries
Brown Sugar and Honey
Cloves & Pineapples
Pineapple juice we pour all over the ham but this year am going to take over some** DRY CIDER*** (not sweet) and try it with the cider Thank you for the good idea
I can see how that can work....
Thank you for a new good idea!!!

Answer 5

i cook my ham by placing it in the roaster add 2 cups of water,
bake, i spray it occasionally with olive oil.
when its done i score fat surface crosswise and dot with cloves at each intersection.
coating, combine brown sugar and flour. Rub this mixture over the scored ham. Sprinkle over lightly with garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper.
Place a pineapple slice on the ham so that one of the cloves will be in the center of the circle. Cover the clove with a Maraschino cherry half.

Answer 6

I like to make my hams look fancy. I take pineapple rings and lay them on top of the ham and then put a cherry inside each ring of pineapple with a tooth pick. Then sprinkle with brown sugar. My! hasn't the cost of ham gone out of sight this year??

Answer 7

If it's a smaller ham, I cook it in the crockpot with pineapples and cherries on top. I've even poured in half a can of coca cola. Sounds weird but it makes it sweet and it doesn't taste like coke either. .it's good!

Answer 8

Boil for a couple of hours in water.

Remove from water and coat in dijon mustard. Sprinkle on mustard seeds lightly and roast for 30 mins.

Answer 9

That's how my Mother used to cook it and it is a delicious recipe. We have been known to cook ours in a dough pastry crust which is also very good as it retains all the juices.

Answer 10

I don't eat ham. Not cause I'm Jewish or Muslim, but I think there's something seriously wrong in eating the flesh of a swine that's biologically so close to Human Flesh