Country Ham With Orange Pan Sauce Recipes

COUNTRY HAM

Steps:

• Unwrap ham and scrub off any surface mold (if you hung in a sack for 6 months you'd have mold too). Carefully remove hock with hand saw. (If this idea makes you eye your first aid kit, ask your butcher to do it. But make sure you keep the hock, it's the best friend collard greens ever had.)
• Place ham in cooler and cover with clean water. (As long as it's not too dirty you can use what southerners call the "hose pipe"). Stash the cooler in the bushes. If it's summer, throw in some ice. If it's freezing out, keep the cooler inside. Change the water twice a day for two days turning the ham each time.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place ham in a large disposable turkey-roasting pan and add enough Dr. Pepper to come about halfway up the side of the ham. Add pickle juice if you've got it and tent completely with heavy-duty foil. Cook for 1/2 hour then reduce heat to 325 degrees F, and cook another 1 1/2 hours.
• Turn the ham over, insert an oven safe thermometer (probe-style is best) and cook another 1 1/2 hours, or until the deepest part of the ham hits 140 degrees F (approximately 15 to 20 minutes per pound total).
• Let rest 1/2 hour then slice paper-thin. Serve with biscuits or soft yeast rolls.
• Cooks note: Even after soaking, country ham is quite salty, so thin slicing is mandatory. If you're a bacon fan, however, cut a thicker (1/4-inch) slice and fry it up for breakfast.

ORANGE BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place ham in a shallow roasting pan, and stud ham with whole cloves. In a small bowl, mix orange juice concentrate with honey. Pour mixture evenly over ham. Tent ham with aluminum foil.
• Bake ham for 1 hour, basting occasionally.

BAKED HAM WITH ORANGE AND GINGER GLAZE

Steps:

• Prepare and heat the ham according to directions.
• Meanwhile combine marmalade, ginger root and mustard thoroughly.
• Remove meat 30 minutes, before the ham is done.
• Raise oven heat to 425°F.
• Brush with marmalade mixture.
• Pour ginger ale and 1/4 orange juice into the roasting pan.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, basting the ham with the pan juices every 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan, put on a board, cover lightly with foil and let rest for approx 15 minutes.
• Pour cooking juices into a small sauce pan. Stir in brown sugar; heat and let simmer.
• Combine the remaining orange juice with the cornstarch.
• Add to the mix and let simmer until the sauce thickens, about 1-2 minutes.
• Drizzle ham slices before serving.

COUNTRY HAM WITH ORANGE PAN SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ham slices and sear on both sides until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Remove the ham from the skillet and set aside. To the pan drippings, add the shallots and cook until softened. Deglaze with Grand Marnier and cook until almost dry. Add the mustard and stir until well combined. Add the chicken stock and cook until slightly reduced. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and finish with chopped chives. Split the biscuits. Place a piece of ham on the bottom half of the biscuits. Drizzle with sauce and top with the remaining biscuit half. For the Traditional Southern Biscuits: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Add 1 tablespoon of the cold butter and the cold shortening and work it into the dry ingredients, using your hands, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the milk. The dough will be sticky. Dust your work surface with some flour. Turn the dough onto the floured surface. Gently fold each side toward the center. Pick up the dough and dust the work surface with additional flour. Return the dough to the floured surface and fold each side towards the center again. Turn the dough over and press it out to 1-inch thickness. Cut the biscuits, straight down, do not twist the cutter, with a 2 1/4-inch round cookie cutter. Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter and add to a 10-inch round cake pan. Place the biscuits in the pan, turning once (to coat both sides with butter), about 1/4-inch apart. Let the biscuits rest for 15 minutes before baking. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. This recipe yields 6 servings.

GRANDMOTHER B'S SAUCE FOR HAM

Steps:

• Stir both amounts of cranberry sauce, brown sugar, orange juice, orange zest, lemon juice, mustard, honey, and cloves in a saucepan and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and boil until cranberry sauce has melted, brown sugar has dissolved, and the glaze is thickened, 10 minutes.

HAM WITH ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove skin from ham. Place on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Combine orange juice and broth; pour over ham. Sprinkle with cloves. Cover and bake at 325° for 1 to 1-1/2 hours. , Combine glaze ingredients; spoon over ham. Bake, uncovered, 20-30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 140° and ham is heated through. , Remove ham to a serving platter and keep warm. Strain pan drippings; skim fat. In a saucepan, combine orange juice, brown sugar and ginger. Stir in pan drippings, oranges and raisins. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes. Thicken if desired. Serve with the ham.

BAKED HAM WITH ORANGE MARMALADE

Steps:

• Don't use the kind of ham that is pre-cooked. The one I use is Smithfield brand and has the bone in it. It's usually the rump portion.
• It also doesn't have to be exactly 10 lbs.
• Wrap ham in aluminum foil, and place in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch pan; bake at 300° for 2 hours.
• Remove ham from oven, and unwrap.Just pull the foil down away from the ham. It's not necessary to completely take it off. Remove skin and excess fat from ham. Score fat on ham in a diamond pattern.
• Stir together marmalade and remaining ingredients in small bowl.
• Spoon glaze over ham, and bake 1 hour, basting every 15 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest portion registers 140°.
• Let stand 15 minutes before slicing.

HAM WITH CITRUS SAUCE

Steps:

• Place ham on a greased rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 50-60 minutes., In a saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add the orange juice, water, lemon juice and butter. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Add the orange and lemon zest. Brush about 3 tablespoons of sauce over ham. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 140° and ham is heated through. Serve remaining sauce with ham.