Easy Injected Ham Food

MAPLE BOURBON INJECTED HAM

Steps:

• In a glass measuring cup, add butter and maple syrup. Microwave for 30 seconds or until butter has melted. Stir in the bourbon.
• Inject the ham in about 1 inch increments. Allow ham to rest overnight uncovered if possible.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Put the ham, flat-side down, on a rack in a roasting pan
• Pour 1/4 inch water into the bottom of the pan.
• Transfer to the oven and roast until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the ham registers 145 degrees F
• Allow ham to rest for 15 minutes before carving.

INJECTION MARINADE

Steps:

• Combine apple juice, orange juice, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, olive oil, lemon juice, agave nectar, apple cider vinegar, salt, sriracha sauce, garlic powder, five-spice powder, allspice, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Refrigerate; remove from refrigerator for 1 hour prior to using.

SWEET BOURBON HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Remove skin and excess fat from ham, leaving a fat layer about 1/4-inch thick. Score ham in a diamond pattern with a sharp knife. Push cloves into the center of the scored diamond shapes. Place ham with cut side down into a roasting pan.
• Bake ham in the preheated oven until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat, not touching bone, reads 125 degrees F (52 degrees C), about 2 hours.
• Combine brown sugar, whiskey, and black pepper in a bowl until glaze is smooth.
• Raise oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Baste ham with 1/3 the whiskey glaze. Return to oven and bake until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F (60 degrees C), basting ham with whiskey glaze every 10 minutes. Cover ham loosely with a tent of aluminum foil if ham browns too quickly.
• Let ham rest for 15 minutes before carving.

HAM MARINADE

Steps:

• Mix all marinade ingredients.
• Put ham and marinade in resealable plastic bag.
• Marinate ham slice a few hours or overnight.
• Fire up the grill or broiler or even heat in a pan on top of the stove.
• Cook ham until done and heated through.
• Baste during cooking.

EASY INJECTED HAM

Steps:

• In a small sauce pan heat pineapple juice, brown sugar, mustard and clove until the brown sugar is dissolved.
• let cool a few minutes but not to long or it will be to thick to inject.
• Using a turkey injector inject at least half of the marinade. pour the rest over the ham and bake at 350 for around an hour depending on ham size.

SUPER EASY BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and make sure the racks are all the way on the bottom so there is plenty of room for the ham.
• Bring ham in packaging to sink and have a pan big enough to hold it nearby. I find a 9"x13" baking pan works great. Make sure your pan is at least an inch deep.
• Take ham out of wrapper and rinse it with cool water if you think it feels icky. Then find the plastic doohickey on the large cut end and remove it. At this point you can trim off some of the fat if you would like. I usually don't, as most of it renders out into the pan or is very easy to cut around.
• Place ham in pan with large cut side down.
• Stab with the business end of a probe style thermometer. This is the kind which has a long metal skewer on one end (the business end), a long cable, and a box which has all the controls and readouts. Make sure the probe goes through a large area of meat, not fat, and doesn't hit one of the bones down the center of the ham. Set your thermometer to alert you when the ham reaches 140°F.
• When your oven has reached 350F, put the ham in (be careful, it's heavy).
• Wait until the thermometer alerts you. Then remove the ham from the oven (remember, it's heavy and now it's really hot, too). Remove the probe, and either start slicing or put on a pretty platter and let your family/guests ooh and ahh. :).
• NOTE: The skin gets very black and crispy. Do not panic, the meat is juicy, I promise. Simply cut the skin off where it is really crispy and get to the meat underneath.
• ALSO: If you do not have a probe style meat thermometer, or need an idea of timing for preparing the rest of your meal, an already cooked (city) ham will reheat to 140F in approximately 15 minutes per pound. So a 12 pound ham will take 3 hours. Ish.
• And FINALLY: I like to carve off the leftovers and separate into 1 pound amounts. I then put these into labeled quart sized freezer bags and freeze for casseroles, pasta, or beans another night. The bone can be put into a labeled gallon sized freezer bag, and then thawed for yummy beans another night.