instructions for cooking a spiral ham (with pictures) | ehow - barton g restaurant the big dish

Spiral ham is a simple food that meets the needs of the crowd.
It takes only a few steps to cook, because the Ham has been sliced, so it can be easily carved and served when dining.
The key to juicy ham is to make sure you don't overcook it.
You need a deep baking tray.
If the ham is not packed with condiments yet, you may want to soak in the water for half an hour to remove some salt from the ham.
You can then place the spiral ham in the baking tray and start warming up the oven.
Add about an inch of water to the bottom of the baking tray.
You need the oven temperature to reach 325 degrees F.
You can add your spices when you wait for the oven to warm up.
Honey, brown sugar and pineapple are good ingredients for spiral sliced ham.
Some people like to apply ham with jelly or jam.
This is also very good.
It is important to remember not to get the ham dirty and not to get it dirty.
The ham is too salty.
Warning: Do not use salt.
The ham is already salty.
No one can eat it if you add salt.
If you can, place the lid on the baking tray, or cover the ham with aluminum foil and slide the spiral ham into the oven.
Continue to cook ham on the 325 th floor.
12 minutes per pound
The Ham has been cooked so can be eaten safely at any temperature.
However, you do want to use a meat thermometer to make sure the internal temperature of the ham reaches 130 degrees F.
This way all your guests can enjoy enough heat.
If you want to glaze the ham, you can do so before the last 2 pounds needs to be cooked.
For example, if your ham is 10 pounds, you will want to remove and add the glaze after 8 pounds of the cooking time.
A total of 96 minutes, 8 pounds times in 12 minutes.
Then put the ham back in the oven within the remaining 24 minutes.
If you only need enough ham for a dinner, you may just want to cook ham in the microwave.
This will save you time in preparation and cooking.
Cut the amount of ham you need from the spiral ham and put it into the microwave safe cooking dish.
Put it in the microwave oven and cook it for 10 minutes per pound.
If you have half a pound, you only need to cook it for five minutes.
Again, you can use the meat thermometer to make sure the temperature of the ham reaches 130 degrees F.
Be careful when removing the plate from the microwave because it will be very hot.