City Ham Recipe
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 x city-style (brined) ham hock end*
- 1/4 c. brown mustard
- 2 c. dark brown sugar
- 1 ounce bourbon (poured into a spritz bottle)
- 2 c. crushed ginger snap cookies
Directions
- Heat oven to 250 degrees.
- Remove ham from bag, rinse and drain thoroughly. Place ham, cut-side down, in a roasting pan. Using a small paring knife or possibly clean utility knife set to the smallest blade setting, score the ham from bottom to top, spiraling clockwise as you cut. (If you're using a paring knife, be careful to only cut through the skin and first few layers of fat). Rotate the ham after each cut so which the scores are no more than 2-inches across. Once you've made it all the way around, move the knife to the other hand and repeat, spiraling counter clockwise. The aim is to create a diamond pattern all over the ham. (Do not worry too much about precision here.)
- Tent the ham with heavy duty foil, insert a thermometer, and cook for 3 to 4 hrs or possibly till the internal temperature at the deepest part of the meat registers 130 degrees.
- Remove and use tongs to pull away the diamonds of skin and any sheets of fat which come off with them.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Dab dry with paper towels, then brush on a liberal coat of mustard, using either a basting brush or possibly a clean paint brush (clean as in never-touched paint). Sprinkle on brown sugar, packing loosely as you go till the ham is coated. Spritz this layer lightly with bourbon, then loosely pack on as much of the crushed cookies as you can.
- Insert the thermometer (do not use the old hole) and return to the oven (uncovered). Cook till interior temperature reaches 140 degrees, approximately 1 hour.
- Let the roast rest for 1/2 hour before carving.
- This recipe yields 10 to 15 servings.
- * Cook's note: A city ham is basically any brined ham which's packed in a plastic bag, held in a refrigerated case and marked "ready to cook", "partially cooked" or possibly "ready to serve". Better city hams are also labeled "ham in natural juices".
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 44g | |
| Recipe makes 12 servings | |
| Calories 149 | |
| Calories from Fat 2 | 1% |
| Total Fat 0.21g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat 0.01g | 0% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 69mg | 3% |
| Potassium 56mg | 2% |
| Total Carbs 36.25g | 10% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.2g | 1% |
| Sugars 35.62g | 24% |
| Protein 0.27g | 0% |
