I don’t make ham very often. I’m not really sure why. I like ham, it’s just not something that pops into my head when I’m planning my weekly shopping list. Months or even years will go by without me feeling the urge – but when I do, I normally prefer a sweet glaze on it.
In fact my favorite recipe is from Nigella Bites cookbook and it’s the coca-cola ham. You simmer it in cola and onions for a few hours, then remove it and slather it with molasses, brown sugar, cloves and mustard powder and bake for an hour until crispy and sticky. SO. GOOD. When I do make it, I always serve it with her sweet corn custard from the same book, which is also amazing.
Anyway, they were practically giving hams away at the grocery store the other day and I couldn’t pass one up. Obviously my usual preferred methods weren’t going to work for a low carb version, so I had to come up with something different. Being that the winters are mild here in SC, my rosemary bush is thriving so I picked a bunch of that and chopped it up. I love mustard with ham, so in it went along with some mayo. Then some minced garlic, and freshly ground pepper and my paste was made.
I slathered it on the smoky caramel colored skin and popped it into the oven at 300 degrees for 5 hours (for a 19lb ham). It was really, really good! Not necessarily a groundbreaking combination – but there’s something to be said for simplicity. I just may have a new favorite way to eat ham, and I have a feeling it will be making it onto our table a lot more often from now on…
Rosemary & Mustard Crusted Baked Ham – Low Carb & Gluten Free
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: Roast
Ingredients
- 1 cup prepared mustard
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tbsp garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp rosemary, chopped
- freshly ground pepper
- 1 smoked ham
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small bowl.
- Place your ham in a roasting pan fat side up. Slather generously with your mustard mixture. Pour about 1/2 cup of water into the bottom of the pan and place in a preheated 300 degree oven. Bake for about 15 minutes per lb. uncovered.
- Serve with your choice of low carb side dishes – roasted asparagus and some cauli mash would go perfectly! Hope you like it!
This is the best keto ham recipe. It’s delicious and easy. It turns out every time.
Love this recipe, everyone in my family loves it.
This is the third or fourth time I’ve made this recipe and I finally have a chance to send my compliments! I love how simple and flavorful it is and keto compliant. Way better than the pre-keto sweet glaze too! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.
★★★★★
The recipe cites ‘smoked ham’ but doesn’t say what size? Probably impacts the amount of ingredients for the mustard glaze, right?
Made this for Christmas Eve. This was amazing. Thank-you for the recipe will be doing this again.
Followed the recipe implicitly. I feel I have no right to rate or comment on a recipe unless I follow the author’s instructions.
★★★★★
My DD was hosting Easter dinner and I helped picked out this recipe! I normally is not a fan of ham because I find it too salty, but this dish turned out excellent! I am saving this one as ham is one of my DH favorite dishes!
★★★★★
Had our ham this holiday with this mustard glaze. Excellent !! Very easy, and our crowd all loved it. Defiantly a “keeper”.