Baked Ham, Mustard Sauce

The theme for Monday posts in December is Holiday Food.

Making the holiday dinner for family and / or friends can be both gratifying and terrifying.

I’ll try to be both informative when needed and helpful.

Sometimes, even the simplest recipes, like this easy Baked Ham, can cause a bit of stress.

Baking / roasting times for ham is all over the charts…. And I’m not doing a chart.

The number of minutes per pound depends on whether it’s boneless or bone-in, fully cooked or not cooked and the weight of the ham. A larger ham takes fewer minutes per pound than a smaller ham.

Of course the oven temperature makes a difference as well. Some like a hot oven, some not so hot.

If you want more opinions and lots of charts ask Google.

Generally speaking a fully cooked boneless ham should be baked to an internal temp of 140F (60C), about 20 minutes per lb for a small ham.

A ham that must be cooked should reach an internal temp of 150F (65C), 35 minutes per lb. for small hams and 22 minutes for larger (over 5 lbs) hams.  These times assume a 325F (165C) oven.

All that having been said – use a meat thermometer. Please.

One last note: In the U.K. (and I don’t know where else) an uncooked ‘ham’ is a gammon. When it’s ready to eat it becomes a ham.
Also, gammon is often very salty and may need soaking and / or boiling before roasting. The best way to tell is to cut a small piece of the gammon, fry it and taste it.

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Baked Ham

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Baked Ham is our Christmas tradition – we love the ham, we love the leftover ham, and we really love the Mustard Sauce.

• Author: Kate
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 2 hours
• Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
• Yield: 10 servings 1x
• Category: Pork
• Method: Oven

Ingredients

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• 1 small ham, about 4 lbs (2 kg)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp dry mustard
• 1 tbs red wine vinegar
• Mustard Sauce:
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup (2oz, 60ml) milk
• 1/4 cup (2oz, 60ml) cider or white vinegar
• 2 tbs dry mustard
• 1 egg
• pinch salt
• 2 tbs butter

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Instructions

• Ham:
• Put ham on rack in roasting pan and roast in 325F (165C) oven.
• About 30 minutes before it’s done mix the sugar, mustard and vinegar.
• Remove the ham from the oven.
• Remove the skin if there is any, score the fat with a sharp knife (diamond pattern is pretty).
• Pat the brown sugar mixture over the top of the ham and return to oven.
• Finish baking.
• Remove ham and allow rest for 15 – 20 minutes before slicing.
• Mustard Sauce:
• Put the egg into the top of a double boiler and whisk until beaten.
• Add sugar, milk and mustard, whisk well.
• Cook over simmering water for about 5 minutes, until sugar and mustard are dissolved and mixture is hot, whisking (almost) constantly
• Add vinegar and continue to cook until thick.
• Remove from heat, stir in butter and salt.

Notes

Ham: Mine was uncooked and it was done in just under 2 hours, including the time it was out of the oven for the sugar topping.
Mustard Sauce: If you don’t have a double boiler, put a metal bowl on a saucepan partially filled with water. The bottom of the bowl should not touch the water. This is good with almost everything and keeps a long time.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 6 oz
• Calories: 457
• Sugar: 24.8 g
• Sodium: 2968.9 mg
• Fat: 19.7 g
• Saturated Fat: 7.4 g
• Trans Fat: 0 g
• Carbohydrates: 25.3 g
• Fiber: 0.2 g
• Protein: 42.2 g
• Cholesterol: 132.2 mg

Keywords: ham, baked ham, roast ham

You could also do a regular roast: Roast Pork with Bay

The Mustard Sauce:

That’s it!