Brined Fresh Ham

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Total Time:
75 hr 0 min
Prep
30 min
Inactive
72 hr 0 min
Cook
2 hr 30 min
Yield:
8 to 10 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

Brine:

Paste:

  • 8 sprigs rosemary, picked and leaves finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, smashed
  • Large pinch crushed red pepper flakes
  • Kosher salt
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 pounds red bliss potatoes, cut in 1/2
  • Olive oil
  • Salt
  • 2 cups chicken stock

Glaze:

Directions

To brine the pork:

Combine all of the ingredients in a large container. Submerse the ham in the brine and let it hang out for 3 days in the refrigerator. (It's a plan-ahead but soooooooooooooo worth it!)

To cook the pork:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Remove the ham from the brine, pat dry and make slices in the skin to create a diagonal cross-hatch pattern.

To make the paste:

In a food processor, combine the rosemary, garlic, crushed red pepper, salt, to taste, and about 1/2 cup of olive oil. Massage this mixture generously all over the outside of the ham.

Put the potatoes in a roasting pan large enough to accommodate this whole shootin' match. Toss the potatoes generously with some olive oil and salt. Nestle the ham on top of the potatoes and toss the whole thing in the preheated oven. Check the pork in about 30 minutes, the skin should be getting brown and crispy. At this point, remove the ham from the oven and turn over, baste with any leftover rosemary/olive oil paste and rearrange the potatoes so they don't burn. Nestle the pork back onto the potatoes and return to the oven. Roast for another 30 minutes.

Remove the ham from the oven after the first hour. Check the potatoes to see if they are getting a little crispy, rearrange them and add the chicken stock to the bottom of the pan to keep things really moist and juicy. Reduce the heat in the oven to 350 degrees F and roast for another hour.

To make the glaze:

While the ham is cooking, combine the Dijon mustard, whole-grain mustard and honey in a small bowl. Remove the ham from the oven and brush it, generously, with the honey mustard mixture. Return the ham to the oven and roast it for about 30 minutes. Flip it over and brush again with the honey mustard mixture (really slather it on the pork). Roast until it reaches an internal temperature of 150 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer.

Remove the ham from the oven, to a cutting board, tent it with aluminum foil and let it rest for at least 20 to 30 minutes before slicing.

Carve that baby and arrange the slices on a serving platter. Transfer the potatoes to a serving bowl and serve with the ham

Go to town on that bad boy!!!!

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  • on April 29, 2013

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    Great recipe!

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  • on April 03, 2013

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    The recipe was awesome…except for the glaze which was unnecessary. Before glazing, the skin was crackly and delicious and the meat had a wonderful flavor from the brine. After glazing, the skin was rubbery and gummy and unappetizing, and the glaze flavor overwhelmed the beautiful subtle flavors of the pork. Would definitely try this again without the glaze, and brining for 3 days is definitely worth it!

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  • on April 01, 2013

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    I have actually used this rub and glaze on a smoked ham and a fresh ham with the 3 days in the brine. The fresh ham is going to taste like a roast. I am not sure how much flavor the brine added, but a brine is so simple that it is certainly worth the effort. My fresh ham was considerably larger than Anne's ham, so this could have affected the ability of the brine to flavor the ham. If your ham is larger than the recipe calls for, don't bother making extra glaze. There is plenty of glaze in this recipe for a much larger ham! I am not sold on the brine, but I will try the same brine with a much smaller piece of meat and compare the results!

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