Recipe of the Week: Honey Glazed Ham
*My favorite Thanksgiving dish has to be the ham. The glazed ham gets my diet every time it hits the center of the table next to the turkey. The recipe below highlights some of my favorite attributes of the Thanksgiving ham. Enjoy and have a Happy Turkey Day!
INGREDIENTS
- · 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- · ½ cup honey
- · 1/3 cup dry red wine
- · ½ cup pineapple juice
- · ½ tablespoon minced garlic
- · 1, 6-pound cooked ham
DIRECTIONS
- · In a bowl large enough to hold the ham, combine sugar, honey, wine, pineapple juice and minced garlic.
- · Place ham in marinade, turn to coat well, and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight, turning the ham every few hours.
- · Preheat oven to 350?F.
- · Place ham on a rack in a roasting pan, reserving marinade for basting.
- · Bake ham, basting frequently with the reserved marinade until an instant-read thermometer registers 140?F.
- · Allow the ham to sit for 15 minutes before carving.
*Recipe & image courtesy Maria Zoitas, creator of “Maria’s Homemade” line of prepared food sold exclusively at Westside Market NYC.
Category: holiday cooking, Recipes
About the Author (Author Profile)
Johnna French is a Harlem NY native with deep roots in Panama, Washington, DC and North Carolina. All four places have heavily influenced her life and the foods she loves today. After graduating Howard University School of Law and beginning her life as a young professional in the city she was led to start Johnna Knows Good Food in November 2007 to keep family, friends and colleagues updated on where to go and what to eat while dining in the nation’s capitol. French, who still practices law, leads a team of three writers to cover the ever expanding Washington, DC food scene. French has been featured in print and television, appearing in Washingtonian Magazine and is a regular contributor to various local TV affiliates including WUSA 9, FOX 5 DC and WJLA (ABC Affiliate) News Channel 8. During the 2016-2017 football season, Johnna aired on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic (CSN) show, Redskins Life, as the weekly tailgate host. Johnna is currently a regular contributor to the FOX Baltimore Weekend morning show.Subscribe
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Hi Johnna your baked ham recipe made me hungry early this morning how are you many blessing girl I may have to find out where you are on Thanksgiving to get a taste of that ham.lol stay strong in the lord.
Alberta Morris
Thank you Mrs. Alberta!! Happy Thanksgiving and I hope I get to see you soon;-)