How Canadians De-Salt Their Ham

10m
Prep Time
3h
Cook Time
3h 10m
Ready In


"This recipe is amazing, it really works! And it makes your ham exceptionally moist and tender. It works for ham steaks too. Start marinade the morning before you plan to bake the ham. Found this recipe years ago on epicureandotcom under Canadian recipes. The recipe includes instructions for basting for ham while baking too, although I haven't tried the baste."

Original is 24 servings
  • DE-SALTING MARINADE
  • BASTE

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (251 g)
  • Calories 337.9
  • Total Fat - 15.9 g
  • Saturated Fat - 5.1 g
  • Cholesterol - 100.2 mg
  • Sodium - 2435 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 11.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 0 g
  • Sugars - 6.4 g
  • Protein - 34.6 g
  • Calcium - 23 mg
  • Iron - 2 mg
  • Vitamin C - 0 mg
  • Thiamin - 1.7 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

*MARINADE* Trim fat from ham.

Step 2

Marinate in ginger-ale for at least five hours in fridge, then turn it over and let it marinate over-night.

Step 3

*BAKE* Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking dish with foil.

Step 4

Mix together remaining ingredients and spread over ham.

Step 5

Cover ham with foil and bake 15 minutes per pound, then remove foil and bake an additional 20 minutes.

Tips


No special items needed.

1 Reviews

lovinretirement

I'm not adding stars simply because I haven't tried the recipe. But since I'm watching my sodium, I was interested and contacted a scientist that I've written before. He said that if you use ginger ale or any liquid that has dissolved sugar in it, it will take considerably longer. It would be best to just use any liquid that has no sugar in it, and let it marinate for at least 24 hours to get the most salt out.

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(20 Oct 2014)

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