Root Beer Glazed Ham
"Everybody has a ham glaze, and all of them are similar yet different. This one is mine, made up on a whim because I didn't feel like simply roasting a ham for dinner."
Original is 18 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (255 g)
- Calories 417.5
- Total Fat - 22.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.2 g
- Cholesterol - 138.3 mg
- Sodium - 1912 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 3.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0 g
- Sugars - 1.9 g
- Protein - 49.1 g
- Calcium - 16 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.5 mg
- Thiamin - 1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 325F.
Step 2
Place ham, cut side down, on a rack in a roasting pan large enough the meat doesn't touch the sides.
Step 3
Score ham with a knife to a depth of about 1/2-inch all over.
Step 4
Combine ketchup, brown sugar and lemon juice; rub all over ham.
Step 5
Pour root beer over top of ham.
Step 6
Cover and bake at 325F for about four hours (25 minutes per pound), basting with pan drippings every 30 minutes or so.
Step 7
Remove from oven and let rest, covered loosely, for 15 minutes before carving.
Tips
- Metal roasting rack