- Painless Cooking
- Pork
- Coca Cola Ham
I learned how to make a Coca Cola ham recipe many years ago. When I tasted one baked like this I found it to have a very goodtaste. Not knowing at my first taste that it had been basted with CocaCola, of course, I had to know how my friend baked this ham. Now I havealways been fond of Coca Cola, especially when I was young. We never hadsoft drinks in our home all the time back then; that was a luxury wecouldn’t afford. When we had a special event like a family reunion, thenwe would have a few extra Coca colas left; these were the very littlebottles (I think around 6 ounces). If I was able to have one of these Iwould sip on it ever so slowly to try and make it last. It was so goodin the hot summer!
How to Make a Classic Coca Cola Ham Recipe
When I first learned how to make a Coca Cola ham recipe, cooking anything with Coca Cola was a whole newidea for me. I do not know who came up with the idea of enhancing foodflavors with this product but it really does work. If you ask me how tobake a ham, I would have to suggest you at least try using this softdrink. I think it does so well with ham because it seems to cut the fatand salt taste often associated with this meat.
As we call it, co*ke was first made in the South; a place wherefood is just a part of the culture. It is no surprise that someonequickly incorporated this favorite drink into the Southern cuisine. Iuse to have a problem mixing something sweet with food that was notsupposed to be sweet. My friend learned how to make a Coca Cola hamrecipe and at first I thought it was a joke as she often joked. Then I thought about how we use totake co*ke syrup for an upset stomach (When I was young and worked atthe supermarket, if anyone got an upset stomach, instead of sending ushome we were given a dose of co*ke syrup; instantly it was better) Mynarrow thinking expanded to “why not cook with it?
HOW TO MAKE COCA COLA HAM RECIPE
How to Make Coca Cola Ham Recipe
NOTE: I usually buy my hams when they are on sale at the local market. They will slice them “free” which makes nice neatly cut servings. For this reason I do not “score” the ham but instead I tuck the whole cloves between the slices; then I top with pineapple slices and cherries.
- 1 Ham
- 1 ½ Cups packed brown sugar
- ½ Cup very fine bread crumbs
- 2 Teaspoons dry mustard
- 1 Can Coca Cola
- Whole cloves
- Pineapple slices OPTIONAL
- Maraschino cherries OPTIONAL
Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
Prepping the Fresh ham
Cook ham until ham reaches an internal temperature of 160F degrees for “cook before eating ham”.
Cook ham until ham reaches an internal temperature of 145F degrees for “ready to eat ham “.
Combine and mix brown sugar, dry mustard and bread crumbs.
Remove ham from oven, remove skin from ham; cover top of ham with brown sugar mixture.
Score ham in diamond shapes and stud with whole cloves.
Place pineapple slices over top of ham and place a maraschino cherry in the holes of the pineapple slices; hold in place with toothpicks.
Slowly pour co*ke over the ham; bake for 35 minutes basting with co*ke drippings about 3 times during baking.
Let set 20 to 30 minutes before slicing.
Pour the Coca Cola on the Ham
CLASSIC co*kE HAM RECIPE
Classic co*ke Ham Recipe
- Fully cooked ham (5 pounds)
- 1 Cup Classic Coca Cola
- 1 Cup dry vermouth (Bourbon or other favorite)
- ½ Cup fresh orange juice
- ½ Cup honey
- ½ Teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ Teaspoon dry mustard
- ½ Cup powdered sugar
- Fresh pineapple strips and sugar coated grapesOPTIONAL GARNISH
Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
Pour Coca Cola over the ham; bake 45 minutes basting every 15 minutes.
Combine and blend vermouth, orange juice, honey, cloves and mustard.
Pour vermouth mixture over the ham.
Bake and continue basting every 15 minutes for 35 minutes.
Remove ham from oven:INCREASE OVEN TEMPERATUREto 450F degrees.
Sift powdered sugar over the ham; bake 10 minutes until glazed.
Serves 8.
CHERRY GLAZED HAM RECIPE
This delicious cherry glazed ham recipe is a Coca Cola ham recipe made with cherry co*ke. It makes a great holiday presentation.
- 1 Precooked ham
- 1 Jar cherry preserves (10 ounces)
- ¼ Cup cherry co*ke
- 2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
- ¼ Teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ Teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ Teaspoon ground cloves
Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
In a saucepan combine preserves, cherry co*ke, corn syrup, cinnamon,nutmeg and cloves; bring to a boil while stirring for a couple minutes.
Trim skin off of ham and score top; spoon some of the cherry mixture over the top and place in the oven.
Bake until internal temperature reaches 145F degrees; baste with sauce occasionally while baking.
CRANBERRY SAUCE RECIPE
A thick slice of Coca Cola ham with this cranberry sauce recipe makes a nice presentation for holiday dinner.
- 1 Can whole cranberry sauce
- 1 Can pineapple chunks drained
- 1 Small jar maraschino cherries drained
- ½ Cup co*ke
Place co*ke and cranberry sauce over low heat until cranberry sauce melts.
Add in drained pineapple chunks and drained cherries; cook until hot.
To serve, cut a slice of hot baked ham and spoon hot cranberry sauce recipe in the middle of ham.
