Ham With Root Beer Recipes

ROOT BEER GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Score the surface of the ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep. Bake at 325° for 2 hours., In a large saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half, about 30 minutes., Brush ham with some of the glaze; bake 30-60 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 140°, brushing occasionally with remaining glaze.

HOMEMADE ROOT BEER

Steps:

• In a large cooler, mix together the sugar and water, stirring to dissolve sugar completely. Stir in the root beer extract. Carefully place the dry ice into the cooler, and cover loosely with the lid. Do not secure the lid, as pressure may build up.
• Let the mixture brew for about an hour before serving. Leftover root beer can be stored in one gallon milk jugs.

ROOT BEER HAM

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Using a sharp knife, make parallel cuts across the surface of the ham, about 1/2 inch deep and 1 inch apart, then repeat in the opposite direction to create a diamond pattern.
• Place the ham in a deep, large roasting pan, cut side down, and pour the root beer over the ham. Add the shallots and bay leaves to the root beer in the roasting pan. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil and bake, basting once halfway through, until the ham is heated through (it's already cooked). The internal temperature should reach 135 degrees, about 15 minutes per pound (2 to 3 hours total).
• When the ham is done heating through, carefully remove from the oven and raise the oven temperature to 400 degrees. Uncover the ham and ladle out 2 cups of the root beer braising liquid into a large skillet.
• To make the glaze, add the brown sugar, mustard and rice vinegar to the root beer in the skillet and bring to a boil, whisking occasionally and watching that it doesn't boil over. Cook until reduced significantly, syrupy and thick enough to coat the back of a spoon and drip off slowly, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Using a spoon or a brush, apply half of the glaze all over the surface of the ham. Bake, uncovered, until the glaze is bronzed, bubbling and gorgeous (but not burned), 8 to 12 minutes.
• Transfer the ham to a cutting board to rest for at least 15 minutes before slicing thinly and serving with the extra glaze. Carefully pour the braising liquid into a gravy boat and serve alongside, as well.

NEW ORLEANS ROOT BEER GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place the ham in a broiling pan and cut shallow gashes in a criss-cross pattern across the top half.
• Combine the brown sugar and the dry mustard and pat it all over the ham.
• Put the ham in the oven.
• Combine all the other ingredients in a saucepan.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, then lower to a simmer, and cook until the liquid volumne is reduced to about one cup.
• Strain.
• Spoon some of the glaze over the top of the ham.
• Spoon more glaze, at 15-minute intervals, until it is all gone.
• Continue baking until the ham reaches an internal temperature of 160-degrees on a meat thermometer.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest for about one hour before carving.

ROOT BEER HAM

Steps:

• Put the ham in a 6 quart slow cooker.
• Pour the root beer over the ham until covered.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 3-4 hours.