15+ BEST Sauces for Ham (with Easy Recipes) (2024)

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What is the best condiment for ham? ›

Honey mustard sauce: This creamy sauce is made with honey, mustard, and mayonnaise. It's tangy and sweet, and it's a great way to balance out the richness of ham. Maple glaze: This sweet and smoky glaze is made with maple syrup, brown sugar, and spices. It's a great way to add a touch of autumn flavor to your ham.

Popular glaze ingredients for smoked ham include brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, pineapple juice, Dijon mustard, and cloves, among others. Glazing can be done during the final stages of cooking or reheating the ham, allowing the sugars in the glaze to caramelize and create a tasty, flavorful crust.

Reheat the ham in a covered dish with a small amount of liquid: Before serving the leftover ham, you can reheat it in a covered dish with a small amount of liquid, such as water or broth. This will help to keep the ham moist and prevent it from drying out.

Scalloped Potatoes: Creamy and cheesy scalloped potatoes complement the savory ham flavors perfectly. Roasted Vegetables: Roasting a medley of vegetables such as carrots, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, or green beans brings out their natural sweetness and adds a colorful touch to your Easter spread.

Serve with mustard and cornichons.

For a classic ham and cheese sandwich, do you go mayo, mustard, or both? On my ham sandwiches with or without cheese, I like both mayo and mustard. I put a thin spread of mayo on the toasted bread and then slather mustard on the ham itself. If I am having cheese I'll put it over the mustard spread ham.

First off buy a good ham! You can rub it with brown sugar and put it in a hot oven. You can inject with a solution of water, salt, maple syrup and white pepper before you cook it. You can slice it and fry it in butter.

Preheat the oven to 325°F. You don't need to wash a ham before baking. If you ask us, baked ham is delicious even when you leave it plain; however, scoring a diamond pattern with a chef's knife in the outer layer and brushing on a glaze during baking makes the ham a showy centerpiece and adds flavor.

The goal is to reheat the ham without drying it out. The best way to do this is to place the ham on a rack in a roasting pan. Add water to the bottom of the pan and cover the whole thing tightly with foil. Bake at 325F for 16-20 minutes per pound, until a meat thermometer registers 135F.

The best way to keep your ham from drying out is to utilize the drippings that come in the package. Pour the juice from the package onto the ham. If there isn't a lot of juice in your package, you may want to add your own liquid.

Should you bake a ham covered or uncovered? ›

Bake the ham in the preheated oven, uncovered, for 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest portion registers 140°F, basting every 30 minutes with 1/2 cup of the glaze. Be sure to keep an eye on the ham, and cover it loosely with foil if it starts getting too dark.

If you don't cover your ham while cooking it will quickly dry out. Instead: Put some aluminum foil over your ham while it's cooking. It is recommended that the ham is covered for at least half of the cooking process and only removed during the last half when you glaze it.

They're wet-cured hams that are technically safe to eat as-is, without even heating them up. While many people may wonder how long you have to heat one of these hams, all you have to do is this: Cut the ham free from the package, cover it in foil and reheat it to a good serving temperature.

Add 1/2-3/4 of a cup of wine or stock to the pan (you don't want the ham swimming in liquid) and throw some aromatics in there—a few whole cloves, some star anise, and cinnamon sticks are all good options. Cover the ham with foil and place in a 250-degree oven until it reaches an internal temperature of 100℉.

Buy bone-in ham. Yes, the bone is a little more work to cut around, but the meat is more flavorful and the hambone can be used to flavor soups and stews.

Garnish with in-season tangerines, kumquats, and blood oranges. These garnishes pair perfectly with the fresh orange juice and marmalade glaze.

Pickles, potato chips, salad (of any kind), soup (of any kind), it's really up to you. Ham sandwiches go with most things. Macaroni and cheese, tomato soup (or so I've heard... I don't really care for it), potato salad, macaroni salad, sliced avocado, a salad, potato chips...