Sunday, April 12, 2009

Cola, Mustard and Brown Sugar Glazed Ham

You will need:
Coke. About 1/2 cup.
1/3 cup Brown Sugar
1-2 tablespoons of Dijon Mustard
1-2 cloves of garlic
a small pre-cooked ham

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.

Crush the garlic into a bowl. Add the brown sugar and mustard.

Add the coke, and mix until the sugar is (mostly) dissolved.


Pour the sugar/garlic/coke mixture into the pan with the ham. I like to slice the top of my ham so that the glaze soaks in more.
Cover the ham in tinfoil, and put it in the oven. Take the tinfoil off partway through cooking so that the glaze thickens. Baste whenever you feel like it. I usually do it every 15 or so minutes.

Now while you are baking the ham, and cleaning the kitchen if you are anything like me (I managed to spill sugar all over the floor). You may begin to think to yourself "My, what ought I do with all the rest of that tasty cola?" I have a serving suggestion for that too.
Now that you have cleaned up, and basted a few times it is probably time to take the ham out of the oven. My ham took about an hour. Your cooking time may vary according to ham-size. Let it sit for a few, before you carve it, just so all the juice settles back into the meat.

I suggest eating the ham with a nice baked potato, and maybe some veggies.
Leftover ham can be used in recipes like Split Pea with Ham Soup.

1 comment:

  1. Looks so very tasty. In fact, i am going to try it out tonight!

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