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This is going to sound dumb but really wanted to check before I go off and spend $40...
When you bake a ham (christmas style) is the ham you buy for doing it one of the pre cooked ones? All the recipes I read just say 'leg of ham'. I think you prepare and bake a precooked one - sort of like a picnic ham, but I'm not sure?
I have a pre-cooked one. Still trying to figure out how to cook it. :rofl: But I *think* that the idea is to warm it up but keep it moist, so foil for a bit (and maybe some glaze in the bottom of the pan), and then foil off at the end to make all look a bit golden.
If you have a good butcher, they might be able to help you with cooking times and instructions. I told DH to get cooking instructions and they told him to look on the net...so hopefully your butcher will be more helpful!
ok - good luck to us both then! :crossfingers:
This is the recipe we've used for the last few years - it's delicious!!!
Lime and Macadamia glazed ham
(serves 12 with leftovers)
7 to 8 kg leg of ham
350g jar ginger, lemon and lime marmalade
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped (we added pistachios as well)
1 Position oven shelf in lowest shelf position of oven. Preheat oven to 150.
2 Line a roasting pan (large enough to comfortably hold ham) with 2 sheets of baking paper. Remove rind from ham
3 Use a sharp knife to score ham fat in a diamond pattern. Make sure you cut no deeper than 5mm. Place ham into roasting pan.
4 Combine remaining ingredients in a bowl. Spoon half the mixture over surface of ham. Cook for 45 minutes. Remove from oven. Carefully spoon over remaining glaze. Cook a further 45 minutes or until golden. Slice. Serve hot, cold, or at room temperature.
Ooh awesome! Is that using a pre-cooked ham? I don't think mine has a bone...and what is the rind? :rofl:
haha, yeah it's pre-cooked. The cooking in the oven is to get the glaze nice and yummy. The rind is the outside skin ;) like the rind of an orange. Once you cut it off you cut lines in the white fat
Hams have sugar in them don't they? I think I read it on the label...
Can I just say I am so glad someone asked this question. I didn't know either....
Nelle, I think ham does have sugar in it.
Yeah it does, so does my Ingham's turkey! :o Only a small amount though. But I talked to my guest who's hypoglycemic (read: almost no sugar, no high GI foods like white flour, bread, rice, etc), and she says both the ham and turkey will be fine for her. Obviously Glaze not so much...might have to chop her bit off and bake it separately?