Best Baked Ham And Sweet Gravy Recipes

BAKED HAM AND SWEET GRAVY

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325-degrees. Trim ham and score. Place in an open roasting pan with 1 cup water.
• 2. Bake 12 minutes per pound. Meanwhile, drain pineapple, reserving juice. Mix pineapple juice and brown sugar to make the glaze for the ham.
• 3. The last hour of baking remove ham from oven and arrange pineapple rings and cherries. Secure with toothpicks. Pour half the glaze over ham and return to oven.
• 4. Baste several more times with the glaze, using it all up.
• 5. Remove ham from oven and transfer to either a cutting board or serving platter. While ham is resting skim as much grease as possible from ham drippings in pan.
• 6. Mix water and flour together along with salt and pepper in a jar or Tupperware shaker. Slowly add to the remaining drippings in the pan. Stirring to make sure all flour is dissolved. Bring to a boil to thicken. If gravy is too thick, add water to thin to desired consistency. If too runny make up a bit more flout and water. Add a couple dashes Kitchen Bouquet or Gravy Master to get desired color.
• 7. Serve with mashed potatoes and wait for the oohs and ahhs.

BAKED HAM WITH CHERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Place ham on a rack in a roasting pan. Using a sharp knife, score surface of ham with 1/4-in.-deep cuts in a diamond pattern. Mix brown sugar, syrup and mustard; rub over ham and press into cuts. Bake, covered, until a thermometer reads 140°, 1-3/4 to 2 hours., In a small saucepan, mix cornstarch, sugar and water until smooth. Add cherries; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in lemon juice and almond extract. Serve warm with ham.

BAKED HAM WITH SWEET GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place ham on a rack set in a roasting pan, and carefully pour about 1/2 inch of boiling water into the pan beneath the ham.
• Bake the ham in the preheated oven for 2 hours, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat (do not touch the bone) reads at least 140 degrees F (60 degrees C.)
• Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) In a bowl, mix together the brown sugar, flour, dry mustard, honey, and lemon juice as needed to make a thick, smooth paste. Brush the ham generously with glaze. Skewer 1 pineapple chunk and 1 maraschino cherry per toothpick, and insert the decorated picks all over the ham.
• Return the ham to the oven, and roast for 15 minutes. Baste the ham, fruit and all, with glaze and juices that have collected in the bottom of the pan, return to the oven, and roast for an additional 15 minutes. Let the ham rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing.

HAM GRAVY

Steps:

• Into the pan that the ham was cooked in (or use bacon grease if you don't have ham juices), add the butter. Once melted, add 1/4 cup of the flour and whisk to combine. Continue adding flour, whisking constantly, until a smooth paste is achieved. Cook the roux over a medium heat until you get a nice deep golden color, about 3 minutes. Add the milk, whisking the whole time to prevent lumps forming. Cook until thick and season to taste. Serve over biscuits!

NOT SO SWEET BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange ham fat-side up in a large baking dish.
• Pour chicken broth over ham.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, about 90 minutes, basting every 20 to 30 minutes.
• Discard broth before slicing and serving ham.

HAM BAKED WITH ORANGE GLAZE FOR GRAVY

Steps:

• Score the ham and place the cloves into the scores (if you don't have cloves and use ground cloves, just sprinkle some on the ham).
• Place the ham in oven-safe dish.
• Mix the brown sugar, mustard and orange juice and pour over the ham.
• Cook the ham until it is done.
• Drain off all broth (glaze juice) and pour into a saucepan.
• Over low heat, thicken the broth with cornstarch and cold water until gravy consistency.
• Serve over mashed potatoes or the ham slices.