Sydney's Easy Baked Ham
"I learned this method a long time ago, when I was about 20. My MIL at the time taught me how to do this. The actual recipe is mine from trying different beers over the years. I think this is the best one. I imagine that any slightly sweet beer would work as well. This would also double easily if using a bigger ham. My ham always comes out moist and flavorful. The whole house smells good when you make this. The aroma is enough to make my hungry boys holler "Is it ready yet!?!?!?!?" I usually serve this with my moms german potato salad, green beans, and homemade rolls."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
- 1 (8 lb) pork butt (shank cut will also work)
- 1 (16 ounce) can pineapple rings
- 1 (12 ounce) bottle beer (I use J.W. Dundees Honey Brown Beer)
- 15 -20 whole cloves
directions
- Preheat oven to 350*.
- Remove ham from packaging, reserving any juices in the packaging.
- Place ham in baking dish. I use a 9 x 13 pyrex pan usually.
- Pour juices from packaging into pan.
- Open pineapple and pour juice over the ham.
- Lightly score the skin of the ham in a diamond pattern.
- Using the cloves as "picks" place the pinepple rings on the ham. If you dont have or dont care to use the cloves, toothpicks broken in half will also work.
- Open the beer and pour that over the ham.
- Make a tent with foil over the ham, and place in oven.
- Bake for 2 - 2.5 hours, or until heated through <depending on size of ham> lifting foil and basting every 10 - 15 minutes with pan juices.
- Remove ham from oven and remove pineapple and cloves. Baste again and start carving. I will also baste the meat on the platter with a little bit of the ham liquor.
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My name is Sydney. I have 3 sons, who are 19, 17 and 15 and a wonderful girlfriend. Fortunately for me, they love just about anything I make. I am an office manager.
I love to work on stained glass projects, bowling, NASCAR (#9), reading and of course cook. :) I love to read cookbooks, especially old ones to find ideas to inspire me. I like to try new recipes. To me, food is a gift of love. I like to show people I care about them with the things that I make. My mom is an awesome cook. As a teenager however I was almost never in the kitchen, so I guess I learned to cook by osmosis ;D
I remember making several calls to my mom when I moved out on my own and when I was a new bride, and I would write some of it down, but my mom doesnt always go by a recipe for her standard things, she has it in her head. Things she learned to make from her mom never used measurements, it was it should "look" like this or "taste" like that, or "feel" this way. So I learned to cook very oddly/old school, and it can make for passing on a recipe very difficult. Although because I learned to cook this way, I never think "I cant make that", rather I think "I bet I can find a recipe for that...."
No recipe yet has intimidated me so maybe its a good thing.
One of my pet peeve's in reference to food is people who say "eeewwwwww I dont like that. I've never tried it but I dont like it" and picky eaters. Zaar has become my favorite cookbook. What I like about Zaar is the "save to cook book" function. I love that the recipes I want are only a mouse click away. My absolute favorite place to be is the beach. We live about 3 hours away right now. One day, I want to live in Myrtle Beach full time. I want to be where its warm most of the time. :)
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