I would like to say how difficult it is to prepare honey glazed ham, but the most difficult part of the process, aside from forking over the cash, is finding something big enough to heat and glaze 9 lbs of pork! My original plan was to do everything in the Crockpot, but that wouldn't work as big as it was...oh wait! I have a sous vide cooker that is SQUARE rather than oval! That will work, right...WRONG! This ham was still 2 inches too tall! No problem, rather than the lid I would just use foil. After covering I placed it in the oven at 350℉ for 1 hour to bring it up to temperature. Then using just the glaze provided by Hormel, and a pinch of ground clove, and a tablespoon of honey, I made the glaze. Taking it from the oven I brushed it all over the ham with a silicone pastry brush, turned the oven up to 425℉, and baked it for about 15-20 minutes, until the glaze set. You should try to get the glaze between the spiral slices, but I didn't. What seeped down on its own was fine for me, and the family raved about it. I then placed the slow-cooker liner in the base and kept it on high for about another hour, covered with foil. We were able to keep it warm with the slow-cooker, and it turned out great! Daughter #2 loved the ham liquid enough to use it as a sauce and the leftover are marvelous.
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| Hamilton Beach Professional Sous Vide/Slow Cooker |
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