Ginger Glazed Ham Food

GLAZED HAM WITH PEACH-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Use a serrated knife to score the top of the ham in a diamond pattern. Press whole cloves into the ham and place on a roasting rack in a roasting pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours in the preheated oven, or until the internal temperature of the ham has reached 140 degrees F (60 degrees C). Cover with aluminum foil if the ham starts to look dry.
• While the ham is baking, mix together the cinnamon, mustard and 1/2 cup of brown sugar in a cup or small bowl. Set aside. In a saucepan over medium heat, mix together the remaining brown sugar, cider vinegar, peach nectar and peach preserves. Bring to a boil and then stir in the sliced peaches, ginger, cherry pepper and the cinnamon stick. Simmer until the peaches are tender and the sauce has thickened, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove the ham from the oven and brush liberally with the mustard glaze. Increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and return the ham to the oven, uncovered.
• Bake for an additional 20 to 30 minutes, or until glaze is bubbly. Allow the ham to rest for 15 to 20 minutes before carving. Serve with hot Peach-Ginger sauce.

SPICED GINGER-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Put the gammon in a large pan and cover with 2 litres of ginger ale. Top up with water to cover the joint, if you need to. Add the whole allspice berries and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down to low, and simmer gently, covered, for 2½ hrs. Top up with water, if you need to, while it's simmering.
• Drain the ham and leave until it's cool enough to handle while you make the glaze. Put the remaining ginger ale in a pan with the sugar, grated ginger and crushed allspice. Simmer, uncovered, for 20-25 mins until syrupy.
• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Remove the skin from the ham, leaving a layer of fat, then score the fat in a criss-cross pattern. Transfer the ham to a foil-lined roasting tin, and brush over half the glaze. Roast for 15 mins, then glaze with the remaining syrup. Increase the temperature to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and roast for a further 15-20 mins until you get a sticky golden crust. Leave to cool for 15 mins before carving. Drizzle over more glaze from the tin to serve, if you like. Can be made ahead and chilled for up to four days.

GINGER RUM-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• If the ham comes with the skin still attached, remove most of it with a sharp knife, leaving a layer of fat and a collar of skin around the shank bone. Trim the fat, leaving a layer about 1/3 inch thick, and score the layer remaining into diamonds. Bake the ham on a rack in a roasting pan in a preheated 350°F. oven for 55 minutes. In a blender blend together the ginger, the brown sugar, and the rum, spoon the glaze over the ham, spreading it, and bake the ham for 30 to 35 minutes more, or until the glaze is brown and bubbly. Transfer the ham to a platter, garnish the platter with the parsley, and let the ham stand for 15 minutes before carving.

GINGER ALE GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place ham into a roasting pan.
• In a medium saucepan, combine wine, mustard, molasses, and cayenne pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add the ginger ale and stir.
• Pour the glaze over the ham and bake for 1.5 hours. Increase heat to 325 degrees and bake for an additional hour. Basting every fifteen minutes.
• Brush with honey and bake an additional 30 minutes, basting every fifteen minutes, until ham is well glazed.
• Remove from oven and let stand for ten minutes. Slice and serve.

GINGER GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Place the joint in a large pan over the hob, or burner, and add 7 quarts of dry ginger ale. Bring the pan to the boil then lower the heat slightly so that it keeps bubbling steadily for 4 1/2 hours.
• Towards the end of the 4 1/2 hours, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and begin the glaze.
• In a bowl, add 1 cup of chunky ginger preserves. Stir in 2 tablespoons of hot English mustard. Add 1/2 a cup of soft, dark brown sugar and sprinkle in 1/2 a teaspoon of ground cloves.
• After 4 1/2 hours, gently lift the ham out of the pan and place on a foil-lined baking tray. Carefully cut away the skin, leaving a thin layer of fat. There is no need to score the surface, simply slap on the glaze and place the tray with the ham into the oven for 20 minutes.
• Serve hot or cold.

GINGER GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Score ham, insert cloves in squares and bake at 170C for 45 minutes basting with the glaze until crisp and golden brown.
• GLAZE:.
• Drain syrup from apricots, measure out 125ml and reserve remainder.
• Place apricot syrup, sugar, ginger and jam in a small pan and melt over a low heat, stirring.
• Make reserved apricot syrup up to 250ml, with water if necessary.
• Heat syrup, spices and vinegar in a large shallow saucepan.
• Add apricots, hollows down and gently simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool apricots in syrup.
• Place a cherry in each half and arrange around ham.

CRANBERRY-GINGER GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Place the ham, cut-side down, on a rack set in a roasting pan; add 1/4 cup water to the pan. Score the ham, if desired. Cover the ham and the pan with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the cranberry juice, cranberries, soy sauce, ginger and garlic; bring to a boil. Remove from heat and transfer to a blender. Add the oil and purée until smooth. Transfer 1/2 cup of the glaze to a small bowl and reserve for serving.
• Brush half the remaining glaze (about 1/2 cup) over the ham and bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Brush the remaining glaze over the ham and bake until the ham is heated through and the internal temperature reaches 140°F, 15 to 20 minutes more. Serve with the reserved glaze.