Ham And Apricot Crepes Food

MAPLE APRICOT GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place the ham on the baking sheet.
• Stir together the jam, maple syrup, hot sauce, Dijon and pickle brine in a small pan over medium heat. Cook until everything is combined and the mixture is pourable, 2 to 3 minutes. Brush the mixture onto the ham, reserving any excess for a final glaze at the end.
• Bake, rotating and basting the ham with the glaze and juices every hour, until browned on top and warmed through, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Serve as mini sandwiches on the rolls with pickles.

HAM AND CHEESE CREPES

Steps:

• Add flour, milk, eggs, and melted butter to a blender and process until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Set batter aside for at least 20 minutes.
• Heat 1 teaspoon butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook onions, stirring occasionally, until they start to turn golden brown, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
• Coat a crepe pan or nonstick skillet over medium heat with about 1 teaspoon of the melted butter. Ladle about 1/4 cup batter into the pan, swirling the pan to thinly coat the entire bottom. Cook until small brown spots appear on the bottom of the crepe, about 2 minutes.
• Loosen crepe carefully from the pan using a spatula and gently flip to brown the other side, 1 to 2 minutes more. Slide crepe onto a plate. Repeat with remaining batter, buttering the pan as needed and stacking crepes between pieces of parchment or waxed paper.
• Assemble crepes, one at a time, in the still-warm pan; spread some mustard over one half, cover mustard with some ham slices, and top with Gruyere cheese. Fold the other side over the filling, pressing down slightly, and heat briefly just until the cheese starts to melt. Fold crepe in half again. Each finished crepe should end up about 1/4 the size of the original.

APRICOT-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degree F.
• Place the ham on a roasting rack in a roasting pan with the fat-side up. Use a knife to lightly score the fat in a diamond pattern, taking care not to cut into the meat. Bake the ham for 1 hour.
• While the ham is baking, make the glaze. In a small saucepan, combine the jam, butter, mustard, sage, vinegar, bay leaf, cloves and cinnamon over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring, until the glaze is thin and syrupy.
• After the ham has baked 1 hour, brush with about half of the glaze and return to the oven. Cook, glazing the ham every 15 to 20 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches about 130 degrees F, 1 to 1 1/2 hours longer. If the glaze starts to burn, tent with a piece of greased foil.
• Remove the ham from the oven and tent with a piece of greased foil. Let rest for about 10 minutes before carving.