Thanksgiving ham recipe is such a delightful turn to your holiday dinner where you can invite your family, relatives and friends. This recipe can be a delicious addition to your meal along with a soft and tasty turkey dish.
This dish, if perfectly coated and spiced, tastes very well and its flavours goes very well with side dishes. You can serve this dish with mashed potatoes, dinner rolls, green beans or chickpeas.
This will fill your kitchen and dinner table with sweet fragrance whether you make soft honey-coated ham or honey-coated smokey ham. This dish is very simple and easy to make. There is no need to waste your time and you can enjoy more time with your family, relatives and friends.
This article will help you to make such a Thanksgiving dish that will be the centre of attraction on your dinner table and everyone will love and enjoy eating it.
Ingredients:
- One cup of maple syrup (golden syrup)
- One cup of orange juice
- One cup of spicy ginger drink
- Half cup brown sugar
- Half cup honey
- One jar of cocktail cherries (cut them into halves)
- One whole ham
- One cup extra virgin olive oil
- One can of pineapple slices (without juice)
- Few wooden toothpicks
- One teaspoon salt
Directions:
Preheating the oven:
Before cooking your ham, you need to preheat your oven first so that heat distributes evenly in your oven. Preheat your oven at around 175 degree celsius.
Mixing the ingredients:
Now take a mixing bowl and add maple syrup, orange juice, ginger drink, honey, brown sugar and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Mix all the ingredients well. Now add half a jar of cocktail cherries with the cocktail juice and mix them well.
Adding ham in the mixture:
Now take your ham and make cuts on the outer surface of the ham. Make sure that cuts should be a quarter inch deep and they should be in diamond pattern. Now add your ham in the mixture and let the mixture move through the cuts evenly.
Placing ham in the cooking bag:
Now take a cooking bag and place your ham in it. Add all the mixture juice onto the bag so that the ham will be well flavoured after cooking. You will feel that your ham is almost dipped in the juice but it is alright.
While cooking, ham will soak all the juice and will have all the flavours.
Placing ham in the oven:
Now attach the pineapple slices with your spice coated ham with the help of toothpicks. Add cherries in the holes of pineapple slices and fix them with toothpicks. Now close the bag and put it in the oven.
But make sure that you make a small opening in the cooking bag. This opening will let the steam pass out of the cooking bag and your ham will be cooked perfectly.
If this opening is not made, your bag may burst in the oven due to the steam produced in it while cooking.
Cooking the ham:
You can bake your ham after all the preparations have been done. The average time for baking the ham is almost 2 hours. After your ham is cooked, don't touch the bone barehanded.
You can check the internal temperature of your ham with a thermometer which should be 60 degree celsius.
Removing the ham from cooking bag:
After your ham is perfectly cooked, remove it from the cooking bag carefully. Let it cool down for at least 10 minutes. After due time, you can cut your ham into pieces.
What can we serve with honey and olive oil coated ham?
Honey and olive oil coated ham can be served with various side dishes. Its sweet and tangy flavour goes very well with side dishes. Some sides dishes are:
Cooked vegetables:
Cooked or roasted vegetables can be served with olive oil and honey coated ham. You can cook or bake carrots, sprouts or sweet potatoes with extra virgin olive oil and serve them with ham.
Mashed garlic potatoes:
Bake your potatoes first and add your baked garlic and olive oil along with salt and pepper in it. Now mash your potatoes gently and later serve them with ham.
Green beans with almond dressing:
You can fry or cook your green beans in olive oil for a few minutes and then serve them with ham along with almond dressing on the top. Both flavours compliment each other very well and make the mood pleasant.
Chickpea Salad:
You can serve chickpea salad with your ham on the side. Along with chickpea, this salad contains cucumber, cherry tomatoes and cheese in it.
Baked apples:
Sweet and delicious flavour of baked apples goes very well with olive oil and honey coated ham. Cinnamon added in the sweet apples enhances the flavour of honey in the ham.
Macaroni and cheese:
Creamy macaroni and cheese when served with ham gives a comforting and creamy flavour to your dish. Serving mac and cheese with ham is like adding an Italian touch to European food.
Cornbread:
You can also serve cornbread or corn muffins with your olive oil and honey coated ham. Corn gives a sweet flavour to your sweet and tangy flavoured ham.
How long should I cook honey and olive oil coated ham in the oven?
You should cook your honey and olive oil coated ham for about 2 hours in the oven. If you are using smoked ham, it will be hot inside and crispy outside. You can pack your ham in the cooking bag or you can use a cooking pan for baking your ham.
How can I get my ham crispy outside?
Add maple syrup, orange juice, olive oil, salt, brown sugar, honey and ginger juice in a mixing bowl and mix them well. Now add diamond pattern cuts on the ham and season it with all the ingredients. Make sure that the juice passes through all the cuts on the ham.
Now close your ham in the plastic bag with all the juice and bake it for about 2 hours. If you want your ham to be crispy outside, brush a few drops of olive oil on the surface of your ham. It will give you a nice golden brown coloured crispy ham surface.
Can I use a non-alcoholic drink as an ingredient for this recipe?
Yes, you can use non alcoholic drinks as ingredients for this recipe. If you don't want to use maple syrup or orange juice, you can use apple juice, white grape juice or any sweet fruit juice.
What kind of ham can I use for this recipe?
There are various types of hams that you can use for this recipe. You can either use bone-in-ham or boneless ham or spiral cut ham or ham butt or a whole ham.
The choice of ham depends on you and your liking. But if you want to make a juicy and flavour ham recipe, you should use smoked ham with diamond pattern cuts on it. When these cuts have all the flavours of spices, it tastes much better than uncut ham.
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Why should I use olive oil for this recipe?
Extra virgin olive oil is the best for cooking, baking or frying. You should cook your ham with olive oil because it gives a unique, salty and tangy flavour to your dish. It also enhances the flavour of your dish.
It also provides health benefits to your body. It contains various minerals, vitamins, and healthy substances that fight against bacterias and make your body healthy and fit. It not only makes your muscles strong but also reduces the level of cholesterol in your body. The chances of having a heart attack are also reduced by using olive oil.
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