Ok, I wasn't going to post this because I forgot to take pictures... But it turned out so darn good I just had to.
The mission: Take a cheap store brand spiral sliced ham and make it taste as good or just like the Honeybaked or Heavenly ham. For those who haven't tried these, the hams are insanely good and insanely expensive. Honeybaked or Heavenly Ham (depending on where you live) is a chain that sells amazing hams, turkey and other fixins and deserts. That's all they do and they do it well.
I picked up a store brand spiral sliced ham that was on sale after Easter so I got a deal.
I smoked it on the Kamado at about 275 degrees until it reached an internal of about 135 degrees using apple wood but just light smoke. No foil or wrapping, just on the grate with a drip pan underneath.
Then the magic. I made a glaze using the following ingredients:
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon paprika
a dash of ground ginger
a dash of ground allspice
Mix all these together until well blended.
I used a cookie sheet with a 13x9 baking pan inverted to make a raised platform to make it easier to glaze. I covered the 13x9 with parchment paper to catch the melted glaze mixture.
Place the ham, meat side down on the parchment paper.
I packed as much of the mixture on the sides of the ham as I could get to stay.
Then the fun!
Get out the torch and melt/caramelize the glaze mixture by slowly moving the torch around. Keep it moving so the sugar doesn't burn. The glaze will melt and bubble. Let it sit for a few minutes until the glaze hardens. Be careful around the parchment paper. It is meant to get hot but no direct flame!
What you end up with is a cheap ham that tastes exactly like the original very expensive one! There is a quality difference in the meat but the flavor is spot-on.
Here is what I started with. The 'Honey' part of the ham is the glaze packet that went straight into the trash can. Sorry, I didn't get pictures of the finished product but the wife took a pic of the torch work.
The mission: Take a cheap store brand spiral sliced ham and make it taste as good or just like the Honeybaked or Heavenly ham. For those who haven't tried these, the hams are insanely good and insanely expensive. Honeybaked or Heavenly Ham (depending on where you live) is a chain that sells amazing hams, turkey and other fixins and deserts. That's all they do and they do it well.
I picked up a store brand spiral sliced ham that was on sale after Easter so I got a deal.
I smoked it on the Kamado at about 275 degrees until it reached an internal of about 135 degrees using apple wood but just light smoke. No foil or wrapping, just on the grate with a drip pan underneath.
Then the magic. I made a glaze using the following ingredients:
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon paprika
a dash of ground ginger
a dash of ground allspice
Mix all these together until well blended.
I used a cookie sheet with a 13x9 baking pan inverted to make a raised platform to make it easier to glaze. I covered the 13x9 with parchment paper to catch the melted glaze mixture.
Place the ham, meat side down on the parchment paper.
I packed as much of the mixture on the sides of the ham as I could get to stay.
Then the fun!
Get out the torch and melt/caramelize the glaze mixture by slowly moving the torch around. Keep it moving so the sugar doesn't burn. The glaze will melt and bubble. Let it sit for a few minutes until the glaze hardens. Be careful around the parchment paper. It is meant to get hot but no direct flame!
What you end up with is a cheap ham that tastes exactly like the original very expensive one! There is a quality difference in the meat but the flavor is spot-on.
Here is what I started with. The 'Honey' part of the ham is the glaze packet that went straight into the trash can. Sorry, I didn't get pictures of the finished product but the wife took a pic of the torch work.
Comment