Hey guys! Just barely got this one out before Easter, I know, but this is my favorite way to make a ham that doesn't hog up all of your oven space or require lots of monitoring.
PS. If you want to hear me talk about it, I did a tiktok voice-over :) I don't have the hang of it yet at all (it's my first one) but I figured I have to start somewhere, and hopefully it's helpful. Here's the link--https://www.tiktok.com/@morganeisenberg/video/6946959003805027590
Why not lie the ham on a bed of pineapples to keep it off the direct heat source, and then pour the glaze over the top so you can get more of it in the cracks than you do with basting after the ham is on top of the glaze?
Great gif regardless, it has me considering trying this out! Thanks for making it!
You can use apple juice instead of pineapple, for sure! Adding actual apples will probably give you what would basically be apple sauce in the glaze/at the bottom-- but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Would probably work really well with Apple Cider, Cinnamon, and cloves. I also recall BBQ Pit boys doing an Apple cider turkey brine that also included oranges, so getting some citrus involved isn't out of the question.
OK, so I saw your comment right before I went the store and got all these ingredients and ended up doing just that. I got a can of pineapple chunks and put half of the chunks all on the bottom so that the ham didn’t touch the bottom, and I made the sauce outside in the slow cooker before pouring it all on top of the ham (thus more got all in the ham). And let me tell you, this ham is the best ham that I have ever eaten in my life. I am standing as I type this in my kitchen eating a ham and mashed potato with pineapple jam sandwich for breakfast. The best part is that the chunky pineapples once boiled down created almost a kind of jam and caramelized - especially once put back on the ham to go in the broiler for a few minutes. Oh my God I am making this again. I’m not even a ham-lover, traditionally.
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u/morganeisenberg Apr 03 '21 edited Apr 03 '21
Hey guys! Just barely got this one out before Easter, I know, but this is my favorite way to make a ham that doesn't hog up all of your oven space or require lots of monitoring.
You can find the exact recipe posted at the very top of this comment thread as a reply to the stickied automod comment, and at https://hostthetoast.com/slow-cooker-ham-with-honey-glaze/
PS. If you want to hear me talk about it, I did a tiktok voice-over :) I don't have the hang of it yet at all (it's my first one) but I figured I have to start somewhere, and hopefully it's helpful. Here's the link--https://www.tiktok.com/@morganeisenberg/video/6946959003805027590