Ham is a perennial favorite in the south… especially around major holidays… but at Dale’s we love it year round…. Here’s a unique twist try this next time you serve it at home… or come in for it today at Dale’s. Gives new meaning to ” a coke and a smile”…
Coca-Cola Glazed Ham
Ingredients
1 – 6-8 lb. fully cook, bone-in ham
30 – whole cloves
1 lb – dark brown sugar
1 cup – Gulden’s spicy brown mustard
1 cup – Coca-Cola soft drink
1/2 – Jim Beam whiskey or apple juice
Directions
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Trim ham to a thickness of a 1/4″ fat… cut a diamond pattern in fat with sharp knife at about 1″ intervals… insert cloves in each diamond box…place ham in a foil-lined 13- x 9″ aluminum pan
2. Mix together brown sugar, spicy mustard, coke, and whiskey or apple juice… pour carefully over ham..making sure it gets into the cuts on the ham.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours and 30 minutes… baste about every 20 minutes with pan juices. Remove ham, let it rest for about 15 minutes before serving.
Spiced Apples
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter or margarine
8 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Directions
1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add apples, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
2. 15 to 20 minutes or until apples are tender.
