To heat this ham, heat oven to 275 degrees. Your spiral sliced ham is fully cooked and can be gently heated or served chilled. Serve over fried ham slices with biscuits. Red-Eye Gravy - Add one half cup water or black coffee to skillet in which ham slices were fried.Sliced ham is delicious on biscuits or pan-fried and served with "red-eye gravy." Use pieces of ham or a piece of bone in soup, or to season beans or vegetables. These hams can be served in a variety of ways. The flavor of a Smithfield or Country Ham is best when served at room temperature.
#Giant eagle spiral sliced ham cooking instructions skin
Cook to 163 degrees internal temperature (or about 25 minutes per pound).
Once oven temperature reaches 300 degrees, bake approximately 3 hours or 20 minutes per pound. Carefully join the edges of the aluminum foil making sure the edges are closed. Add 4 to 5 cups of water within the foil and place in oven with a tray or pan underneath for support. Wrap in heavy duty aluminum foil, forming a vessel with the bottom layer.We recommend thawing your Hardwood Smoked Ham in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days. These hams are shipped frozen and will arrive frozen or partially thawed. Our Hardwood Smoked Hams should also be completely thawed before cooking. A Half ham would take approximately two days to thaw in the refrigerator and a Whole ham would take approximately 4 days to thaw in the refrigerator. We recommend thawing your Spiral Sliced Ham in the refrigerator for approximately 5 hours per pound. If you choose to warm your spiral sliced ham, it should be completely thawed. Mold is very common on these uncooked hams and is no way injurious (like aged cheeses mold in the aging process). Use a stiff brush to scrub ham thoroughly and remove all pepper and surface mold, if present. After soaking, wash ham thoroughly in warm water.Changing the water every several hours during soaking will aid in drawing salt from the ham. Soak Genuine Smithfield Hams 36 hours or longer.The length of soaking time should be influenced by your taste for salt (longer soaking results in a milder ham) and the type of ham (Genuine Smithfield hams are cured longer than country hams and are more salty and dry by nature). Uncooked Hams require soaking before cooking since these hams are dry cured. Genuine Smithfield and Country Hams (Uncooked) If you prefer, reheat in aluminum foil on low heat (275 degrees) until slightly warm.
If you have selected a fully cooked ham, further preparation is unnecessary. Genuine Smithfield and Country Hams (Cooked)