The Ultimate Smoked HamCommitment can be best illustrated by a breakfast of ham and eggs. The chicken was involved, the pig was committed. Anonymous. By Meathead Goldwyn. The world of hams is confusing, and thats an understatement, but it is worth getting a handle on things because a little knowledge will make your ham dinners much much better. Hams are cut from the top of the rear legs of hogs, from the knee to the hip, including the big meaty rump muscles, and they can be divided into four broad categories Fresh hams, dry cured hams, wet cured hams, and injected hams. Alas, when you buy a ham, it most often is labeled something else, like Boiled Ham, Canned Ham, Ibrico Ham, Picnic Ham, Prosciutto, Smithfield Ham, Smoked Ham, Spiral Cut Ham, and Virginia Ham to name a few. If your head is starting to spin, my article, The Science Of Ham, explains almost all the different types of ham, and it is worth a read if you ever hope to become a master hamster. By far the most popular hams in the US are wet cured hams, hams that have been injected with a brine and then pre cooked. The brine usually has salt, sugar, and spice and lots of stuff nice, and the cooking often includes smoking. This was a method developed for preserving large hunks of meat like hog rumps long before refrigeration was invented. Wet cured hams are pinkish purple in color, often have a sweet glaze baked on, and are frequently put on a lathe where a blade can spiral cut them while they are turned. This makes carving them at your Easter table a snap. They usually come in a plastic shrinkwrap, and if it says cooked on the package, you can eat it cold right out of the bag. But cured hams are better served warm with a sweet glaze to counterbalance the saltiness from the brine that was injected into it. Since wet cured hams are precooked, in theory all you need to do is warm yours throughout, avoid high heat, and avoid cooking too long to keep it from drying. Standard cooking technique on the package and in all the cookbooks says to heat it at 3. F until it reaches 1. F. But that is a recipe for dry meat. This smoked ham recipe is fabulous and adds a whole new dimension to cooked ham. This easy smoked ham recipe transforms a ready to eat store bought ham into a doublesmoked treat. Glaze recipe included. If you take a little care you can really amp yours up to 1. First of all, try to find one that has been trimmed properly. You dont want skin or a thick fat layer. Nobody will eat them, and they dont add moisture or any flavor to the meat, so it is waste. You want the smoke and the glaze on the meat, not on the skin or fat. Smoked Ham Recipes' title='Smoked Ham Recipes' />The problem with most wet cured hams is that they are dry when you cook them according to the instructions on the package, and the smoke flavor is barely noticeable. So well cook ours a lot lower and slower to keep the moisture in, add just a little fresh smoke, wrap it in foil to hold in moisture, sizzle on a glaze, and make a thin sauce that will penetrate the meat and add back moisture. You can use the glaze that is packed in with the ham, but I chuck it and use a recipe from the great pitmaster, Chris Lilly, executive chef at Big Bob Gibsons in Decatur, AL, and author of Big Bob Gibsons BBQ Book Recipes and Secrets from a Legendary Barbecue Joint. It is a balanced blend of sweet and savory with apricot preserves, honey, brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire,soysauce, as well as herbsandspices. Theres a link to the recipe below. Remember to save the bone for split pea soup, and if you play it right, there will be leftovers and that means sandwiches with South Carolina Mustard Sauce, fritatta, Hoppin John beans, eggs Benedict, Hawaiian pizza, ham salad. Makes. 8 servings. Takes. 1. 0 minutes. Cooking time. On a typical 8 pound ham, approximately 1. F if you use the foil wrap, but you need a thermometer to tell, not a clock. If the ham is thicker or thinner and that is usually related to weight, that time can vary. Serve with. Grilled asparagus and grilled sweet potato steak fries. Wine. A slightly sweet ros is traditional, and with good reason. A hint of sweetness pairs with the glaze and balances the saltiness. Smoke A Honeybaked Ham. Everyone knows the turkey is the star of the show on Thanksgiving, but you cant have a Holiday Feast without a Smoked Ham to go right along. The Ultimate Smoked Ham Commitment can be best illustrated by a breakfast of ham and eggs. The chicken was involved, the pig was committed. AnonymousTotal Time 25 minshttp hIDSERP,5119. Smoked Ham Recipes Cooks. The Country Ham Book by Elaine J. Harvell Good country ham is a delicacy that deserves to be in gourmet company. Dry cured with salt and other natural ingredients. Among my other faves are rieslings in the 1 or 2 sweetness range from the Finger Lakes, Pacific Northwest, or German and Austrian Kabinetts. Ingredients. 8 pound bone in precooked wet cured ham. Chris Lillys Spicy Apricot Glaze. Method. 1 You can do this step well in advance. Make 1 cup of Chris Lillys Spicy Apricot Glaze. Put the chicken broth in a pan and whisk in 4 tablespoons of the glaze over medium heat until it is dissolved. Put both the glaze and the broth in the fridge. Chef Johns HoneyGlazed Ham. I used a 6 pound double smoked, fully cooked picnic ham and put it in the. Steps 4http hIDSERP,5159. Photos 8Total Time 8 hrs 40 minshttpswww. IDSERP,5179. 1Honey Glazed Smoked Ham RecipeA delectable sweet and mild smoked ham recipe. Great for a formal meal and the leftovers are perfect for soup and sandwiches. The Best Smoked Ham Glaze Recipes on Yummly Doublesmoked Ham, Buffalo Muffaletta Sandwich, Maplebourbon Glazed Ham. Baked Ham and Cheese Party. I used a smoked ham so really only had to heat it through and not cook it so. It was the best easiest ham recipe that i could. Steps 3http hIDSERP,5228. Photos 10Total Time 5 hrs 35 minshttp hIDSERP,5249. Hickory Smoked Ham Recipe Genius KitchenStraight off Food Network Food Bytes. I saw this minimercial and decided I was going to make this ham for Christmas instead of paying for a honey baked. This looks. Prepare your grill for 2 zone cooking and preheat it to about 2. F on the indirect side. If the skin has not been removed, remove it, and trim off almost all the fat leaving no more than a thin layer. The fat does not penetrate the meat and people will just trim it off at the table and there goes your glaze. If it came with a prepackaged glaze, throw it out. If there is a glaze already on the meat, rinse it off. Chris glaze is better. If it is spiral sliced, let some water get into the sliced areas to help reduce moisture loss. Place the meat on the indirect side of the grill flat side down, add a handful or two of wood for smoking as described in my articles on the Best Setup for a Charcoal Grill, the Best Setup for a Gas Grill, the Best Setup for a Bullet Smoker, and the Best Setup for an Offset Smoker. You do not need much smoke since the meat has been smoked once already. Close the lid, and smoke for about 3. Tear off about 5 of aluminum foil, if you have double strength, thats better. Fold it in half to make it about 2 12 in length. Take the ham off the grill, place the flat side on the foil making sure you dont puncture the foil with the bone, pour 12 of the brothglaze mix over the meat and seal the meat and brothglaze mix in the foil making it look like a giant candy kiss. Crimp the seams tight. We dont want any steam escaping or broth leaking. This technique helps it cook faster by generating a little steam, which penetrates faster than dry heat, and keeps the meat moist. If it is leaking, use another layer of foil or place it in a pan. Place it back on the indirect side at about 2. F. If you have a leave in meat thermometer, insert it now through the foil into the fat end above the liquid level, so the tip is about 1 away from the bone. Healthiest Snacks For Work. Watch the oven temp and try to keep it around 2. F. 5 When the meat temp hits about 1. F, open the foil, paint on the full strength glaze, leave the foil open to catch drips, close the grill, and roast for about 1. How long will it take to hit 1. F That depends on the thickness of the meat and the accuracy of your oven thermometer. As I tend to repeat in every recipe, you cannot trust your grill thermometer no matter how much you spent on your grill, and you need a meat thermometer to tell when the meat is done. Please read my article on thermometers and take action. After about 1. 0 minutes, open the grill, dip your basting brush in the pools of brothglaze on the foil and paint the meat again. Add more full strength glaze if you wish. Now remove the foil, and pour it into a sauce pan. Thats the basis for your sauce. Taste it. Add more glaze or broth as you wish. The thinner it is the easier it soaks into the meat. Dont get too sweet. Keep it warm on the grill or indoors. Leave the lid open, remove the thermometer and move the ham over to the hot side of the grill and lay it on a curved side so the glaze is facing the heat and the bare meat is not. Stand right there and watch so the glaze does not burn. Dont walk away even to get a beer. Let the glaze sizzle, but not blacken. You are just trying to caramelize the sugars and develop more flavor. After about 3 or 4 minutes, roll it a bit and keep rolling it until all sides have sizzled except the flat side. Leave it bare. By now the temp should have risen to 1. F. Go ahead and check if you want, but trust me, its there. Pour the sauce into a gravy boat for serving, and move the ham to a cutting board, flat side down. Carve it by slicing inward from the sides towards the bone parallel to the table top.