Coca-Cola Basted Ham Recipe
Recipe Preparation: cooking & baking
Recipe Serves: 12
Ingredients for Coca-Cola Basted Ham Recipe
10 lb Ham; *
6 c Coca-cola
1 c Brown Sugar; Dark, Packed
1 tb Mustard; Dry
2 tb Mustard; Prepared, Sharp
2 c Bread Crumbs; Fine, Dry
Coca-Cola Basted Ham Preparation
* Ham should be one of the pre-cooked hams. Not one of the specialty cured or canned hams. Just the standard bone in ham in the meat counter.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place ham, fat side down, in a shallow cooking & baking pan. Pour coke into pan until it is 1/2-inch deep.
Cooking & baking should take about 2 to 3 hours, or until ham can be easily pierced with a fork, basting with the Coca-Cola every 15 to 20 minutes. (Center of ham will read 140 degrees F on a meat thermometer when properly cooked.)
Remove ham from the pan and cool. Cut away rind and fat with a sharp knife. Combine sugar, mustards, bread crumbs, and enough Coke to form a thick paste.
Place ham on roasting rack in pan and pat all over with the paste. Add remaining coke to the bottom of the pan. Increase the temperature to 375 degrees F. and continue cooking & baking the ham 45 minutes longer, basting every 20 to 15 minutes until sugar-mustard paste has melted to a dark glaze.
Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes before slicing.
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Hi
Can you do this recipe with a roast as opposed to a ham?
Cheers!
Simon
January 4th, 2009 at 9:59 am
I haven’t tried it on another piece of meat, but it could be worth a try. You’ll only find out new recipes if you experiment a bit!
September 25th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
I haven’t tried colas in my cooking. Thanks for sharing. I really like it.