Ham can be a great alternative to turkey during the holidays, and makes a great snack anytime of year. Now that you've mastered the art of cooking the ham, you have to divvy it up into manageable portions! This page provides the best strategies, tips, and advice on how to carve out artfully delectable cuts of ham.
Now that your glorious ham is roasted and ready to eat, you'll need to carve it. Carving a ham isn't a complicated endeavor when there's no bone involved. When there is a bone, things get a little trickier, but not by much. As long as you have a sharp, thin blade and a steady hand, you'll have that ham on everyone's plates in no time.
How to Carve a Ham
Tristan Blash of Hipcooks, LA discusses how to carve a ham. So once you have cooked the ham, you will need to carve it, but how do you do this? All is explained in this 2:28 video guide. This video is part of a wider series of videos about cooking, which are available on the Mahalo.com channel of YouTube.
How to Carve a Ham
Chef, Jennifer Martello discusses how to carve a ham. So once you have cooked the ham, you will need to carve it, but how do you do this? All is explained in this 2:36 video guide. This video is part of a wider series of videos about cooking, which are available on the Mahalo.com channel of YouTube.
What You'll Need
Regardless of what type of ham you're carving, it's helpful to have the following utensils on hand:
Sharp knife with a long, thin blade
Cutting board (preferably with a trough to catch the juices)
Carving fork
Platter
Carving a Whole Ham
- Trim 3 to 4 slices off one of the ham's thin sides.
- Turn the ham so it rests on the flat side you've just created.
- Starting at the shank end, cut uniform slices of ham down to the bone.
- Cut parallel along the bone to release the slices.
Carving a Spiral Sliced Ham
A spiral sliced ham has been cut to provide slices of a uniform thickness. You only need three cuts to release the slices.
- Face the cut side of the ham towards you.
- Cut along one of the ham's visible muscle lines down to the bone.
- Follow the muscle line until it turns upwards and back out of the ham.
- Repeat along a second muscle line.
- Your third cut will require that you cut along the bone to release the meat.
Carving a Shank Half Ham
- Trim 2 top 3 slices off one side of the ham.
- Turn the ham so it rests on the flat side you've created.
- Start slicing the ham from the narrow end, down to the bone.
- Flip the ham back to its original position.
- Trim the slices you've made from the ham by making a downward cut.
- Repeat on the other side.
Carving a Butt Half Ham
- Lay the ham on its flat end.
- Make one cut through the ham as close to the bone as possible.
- Set this section of meat aside.
- Cut slices in the remaining section of ham by cutting parallel to the cutting board.
- Release the slices by making a single cut downward through the ham.
- Slice the boneless section of the ham that you set aside by slicing downward, perpendicular to the board.
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The speaker in this Mahalo.com clip discusses coupons and discounts for HoneyBaked Ham side dishes and meat products. Some of the products mentioned are HoneyBaked's classic spiral ham, mini ham, and turkey breast. She suggests that the viewer search for bargains on the company's website. Coupons can also be found in newspaper ads, magazines and coupon websites like RetailMeNot.
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