Montes Ham Glaze Recipes

OLD FASHIONED GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Put oven rack in the middle of the oven.
• In a small bowl, mix together the Dijon mustard, brown sugar, and thyme.
• Put the ham in a large roasting pan, fat side up. Rub the ham with mustard glaze. Pour the pineapple juice into the bottom of the pan. Put the ham in the oven and bake for 2 hours, brushing every 20 minutes with the pineapple juice. Remove the ham from the oven.
• Turn oven to 400 degrees F.
• Using toothpicks, decoratively adhere the pineapple rings around the ham and put a cherry in the center of the pineapple ring. Sprinkle the pineapple rings lightly with brown sugar. Return to the oven, uncovered, and bake until the pineapples turn a light golden brown. Remove from the oven to a serving platter and let rest for 15 minutes before slicing.

MONTE'S HAM

Steps:

• Trim outer skin and excess fat from ham.
• Place ham, meat side down in a large roasting pan and score, making crosshatch incisions with a sharp knife.
• Turn ham back on its side.
• Roast at 300F for 2 hours.
• Remove from oven.
• Mix together the orange marmalade, mustard, honey, and brown sugar.
• Stud ham with cloves, either by inserting one clove at the intersection of each crosshatch or by inserting in the center of each square.
• Brush ham with glaze.
• Increase oven temperature to 350F and return ham to oven for about 1 1/2 hours, or until themometer inserted near bone (but not touching bone) reaches 160°F.
• Glaze the ham at least 3 times while baking.
• When ham is done, transfer to a large cutting board or platter and allow to rest for 30 minutes before carving.

PERFECT GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Dry a bone-in, fully cooked half ham (do not use a country ham) and bring to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Trim the ham skin, leaving the fat intact. Score the fat in a crosshatch pattern, making the cuts about 3/4 inch deep and 1 inch apart. Put the ham flat-side down on a rack in a roasting pan; add 1 cup water. Bake on the lowest oven rack, 40 minutes, adding more water if the pan gets dry. Meanwhile, make the glaze: Whisk 1 cup jam or marmalade with 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 cup dijon mustard, 2 tablespoons cider vinegar and 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce. Brush the ham with half of the glaze; cover loosely with foil and bake 45 more minutes. Brush with the remaining glaze and bake, uncovered, until the glaze is browned, 40 to 50 more minutes. Let rest 15 minutes before carving.
• Don't toss your ham bone! Add it to simmering soups, beans or braised greens for extra flavor.
• Give your ham a great crunch: Sprinkle one of the below mixes onto the glaze before the last 40 to 50 minutes of cooking.
• Spring Herb Mix 1 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs), 3 tablespoons each chopped parsley and chives, and the grated zest of 1 lemon.
• Cornmeal-Thyme Crush 1 cup cornbread stuffing mix; toss with 2 tablespoons chopped thyme, 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander and 1/2 cup cornmeal.
• Spicy Sourdough Grind 3 cups cubed sourdough bread in a food processor; toss with 1 tablespoon chili powder and 1 bunch chopped scallions.

GLAZES FOR HAM

Steps:

• LEMON-MUSTARD GLAZE: mix together all ingredients, makes 3/4 cup glaze.
• STOUT GLAZE: In a saucepan combine the stout, honey and butter. bring to boiling, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. Makes 3/4 cup glaze.
• APRICOT-CHERRY GLAZE: Stir together all ingredients, makes one cup.
• PEACE-PINEAPPLE GLAZE: In a saucepan combine ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until heated through. Makes 1 1/4 cup glaze.

MONTE'S HAM GLAZE RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together in a small saucepan and heat for about 5 minutes. Heat ham at 300 for about two hours. Brush with glaze and cook another hour. Add glaze every 15 minutes.

SOUTHERN SWEET HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Place the brown sugar, molasses, mustard, bourbon, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and black pepper in a mixing bowl and stir until the sugar has dissolved.

MONTE'S HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees. Cut off the ham's tough outer skin and excess fat, and discard. Put ham in a large roasting pan. With a long, sharp knife score it, making crosshatch incisions all over the ham about 1/2 inch deep and 1 inch apart.
• Roast the ham on the lower middle level of the oven for two hours. Remove it from oven, and increase heat to 350 degrees.
• For the glaze, stir together the orange marmalade, mustard and brown sugar in a medium-size bowl. Stud ham with cloves, inserting one at the intersection of each crosshatch. Brush entire surface of ham generously with glaze, and return to the oven. Reserve some of the glaze.
• Cook ham 1 1/2 hours more, brushing with glaze at least three times. Transfer ham to a cutting board or platter, and allow it to rest for about 30 minutes. Carve and serve warm or at room temperature.

HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, garlic, mango chutney, orange zest, orange juice, and mustard in the work bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth.

MAPLE-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Cover and bake until a thermometer reads 130°, 1-1/2 to 2 hours., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine glaze ingredients. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until slightly thickened, 2-3 minutes. , Remove ham from oven. Pour glaze over ham. Bake ham, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 140°, 15-30 minutes longer.