Recipe: Delicious Roasted Ham

Roasted Ham. I then return the ham (without the foil) to the rack in the roast pan and finish baking. The Ham should rest for at least thirty minutes before carving. The juices in the bowl will seperate into bacon fat which can be used later for potato-boulagnes and the jelly for lentil or ham-bone soup.

If using a pre-cooked ham, follow the directions on the package for baking times. A raw ham is slow roasted, then seasoned with a sweet smoky sauce during the last hour to make a memorable meal with little actual work involved. The methods will also vary according to whether the ham is cooked or uncooked, and according to the type of ham (city ham, country ham, or canned ham) being cooked. You can have Roasted Ham using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Roasted Ham

1. Prepare 7-9 lb of fully cooked ham, shank portion.
2. Prepare pinch of ground cinnamon.
3. You need pinch of ground cloves.
4. Prepare 4 Tbsp of honey.
5. Prepare 1 cup of water.
6. It's 2 tsp of prepared mustard.
7. You need 2 Tbsp of dijon mustard.

Some recipes may also call for basting the meat throughout the cooking time, but basting with the hams own juices will cause the ham to become more salty. Most of these recipes call for a fully cooked ham. A fully cooked ham can be enjoyed in sandwiches and recipes without further cooking, but heating improves the flavor and texture. Roasted ham and potatoes is a mouthwatering melding of flavors as the basting ham juices pools together in a hot sticky potato bath of yumminess!

Roasted Ham step by step

1. Remove all plastic from the ham..
2. Cut skin off of the ham, but leave the fat..
3. Score the fat (make shallow cuts) in diagonal angles (see photo), making diamond shapes, but try not to cut through to the meat..
4. In a small bowl, mix honey, mustard, cloves and cinnamon..
5. With a pastry brush, brush half of the glaze all over the ham, trying to get the glaze in between the cuts..
6. Preheat oven to 350°F. If you have a roasting pan with a rack, place ham CUT SIDE DOWN on the rack. Add 1 cup of water..
7. Place on bottom oven rack and roast uncovered for 1 hour first, then baste with some of the remaining glaze. Roast for another hour..
8. After the second hour, baste with the rest of the glaze and roast for another 30 minutes. If you would like the ham to be a little more browned, turn oven up to 425°F. Check it after 15 minutes to make sure it's not burning. If you hate a meat thermometer, internal temperature should be 160°F..
9. When the ham is browned to your liking, remove from the oven and let rest in the pan, covered loosely with foil for 20 minutes before carving..

Does anything smell better than a house with a ham in the oven? I am pretty sure when I die and go up to heaven I will be greeted at the Pearly Gates by the smell of a roasted ham and potatoes. Adjust the oven racks to accommodate a large roasting pan. Fit the pan with a shallow roasting rack. Unwrap the ham and rinse it under cold water.