Feb 17, 2009

The Glazed Ham the Ate New Hampshire

Yes, I know its a dumb title, but its all I can come up with in my tired, sickened state. Anyway, we had glazed ham last night. I love ham, it was great, or at least the outside of the ham was. I both love and hate glaze. You take the wonderful glaze, slather the outside of a ham with it, and the outside of the ham tastes great. The problem is that it doesn't flavor the inside. So if you have a slightly cheaper piece of meat, that is semi flavorless (don't you love living cheaply), it doesn't have much flavor. So the next time I get ham, I might cut it into thicker pieces and glaze each piece. Treating it sort of as a smothered steak. Mmmm.....steak. Well, here's my recipe I used. I hope you enjoy it.

1/8 (2T) cup whole cloves
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup honey
1/3 cup butter

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Score ham, and stud with the whole cloves. Place ham in foil lined pan.
In the top half of a double boiler, heat the brown sugar, honey and butter. Keep glaze warm while baking ham.
Brush glaze over ham, and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Baste ham every 10 to 15 minutes with the honey glaze. During the last 4 to 5 minutes of baking, turn on broiler to caramelize the glaze. Remove from oven, and let sit a few minutes before serving.

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