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Whiskey Ham Aka Drunken Pig Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Borius / All my dishes 1 year, 11 months ago This is my all time favorite ham recipe and just may become yours also. It is quite easy and comes out quite delish! It can be cooked in the oven or on the grill. I am a Weber charcoal kettle grill purist and I always grill these. Unfortunately, due ... More Prep:30m Cook:180m Servings:16	Borius
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Ingredients

EQUIPMENT:

Digital thermometer

Baking pan

Basting brush

Covered grill (optional)

Hickory chips, soaked in water for 1 hour (for grilling)

INGREDIENTS:

HAM:

1 shot of whiskey (reserved)

1 bone in smoked ham, (12-14 pounds)

Olive oil

2 tablespoons black peppercorns, coarsely crushed (zipper bag and hammer)

2 tablespoons mustard seed, coarsely crushed (zipper bag and hammer)

BASTING:

1 cup of your favorite sour mash or bourbon whiskey (Jack Daniels, AKA old No.7)

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1/4 cup “stone ground” or “course ground” style mustard (I use Inglehoffer or Beaver Brand. See www.beavertonfoods.com for info)

1/4 cup honey

1 tablespoon molasses (that’ll teach them damn moles)

SUBSTITUTIONS:

You can substitute good quality gold tequila for the whiskey (Jose Cuervo AKA liquid psychosis)

Directions

PREP:

Drink the reserved shot of whiskey

Allow ham to rest at room temp for 1 hour before cooking. Prepping can be done during this time

Score ham by making shallow (3/8 inch deep) diagonal cuts about an inch apart to form a diamond pattern

Coat with olive oil

Mix crushed peppercorns and crushed mustard seeds together and rub over ham.

Insert the thermometer probe to as close to center of ham as practical staying clear of bone and set temperature alarm to 140F

Ham is now ready to cook, do not baste yet

Combine basting ingredients together in a resalable jar or plastic container and shake well to mix. Reserve to later use

ON THE GRILL:

Setup grill for indirect cooking, and preheat. If you don’t know what indirect grilling is ask or look it up. This is extremely important if you intend to eat the results

Place ham in baking pan and place on covered grill

Grill with indirect low heat to 140F internal temperature, 3-4 hours depending on ham size and grill heat, watch your thermometer rise to get an accurately adjusted cook time

Add hickory chips to fire as needed for smoke for the first hour

Baste with prepared basting mix the last 30 minutes or so, start when the internal temp is around 115F

Remove from grill at 140F internal temperature and allow to rest 15 minutes before carving

Serve hot or room temp

IN THE OVEN:

Adjust oven rack in cold oven to place ham near center of oven

Preheat oven to 300F

Place ham in baking pan and place in oven

Bake to 140F internal temperature, 3-4 hours depending on ham size, watch your thermometer rise to get an accurately adjusted cook time

Baste with prepared basting mix the last 30 minutes or so, start when the internal temp is around 115F

Remove from oven at 140F internal temperature and allow to rest 15 minutes before carving

Serve hot or room temp

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Comments

tnacndn 1 year, 11 months ago said:
Mmmmmmm....sounds really good. I'll either have to go buy a bottle of Jack Daniels or maybe substitute "shine" LOL.
Gem

wynnebaer 1 year, 11 months ago said:
Wonderful recipe....Will try soon...Grill all 12 months myself unless I can convince my guy to get out there.....;D

zena824 1 year, 11 months ago said:
This sounds awesome... I try to grill year around.... but sometimes it gets kinda chilly..

redkitchen 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I'll give this a try....I live very close to the JD distillery....it's only right to support your local businesses, don't you think?

ravenhairchic 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Sounds awesome! Will have to try soon.

lunasea 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This is one great recipe! I'm already plotting to make it again... Thank you for sharing.

vino4dino 1 year, 10 months ago said:
This looks delicious. I'm saving this one.

betty_boop 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Hey There my friend.......just stopping in to say hello and to check out any thing new that you have to share......this recipe sounds great! You might want to try my Drunk Chicken......I will try this .....A Drunk Pig!! I know us cajuns they will love it just for the name....lol

dtour 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Next Sundaythey will be Drunken Pig on the table....love the name. Always have good bourbon and Irish Whiskey on hand at my house.

rogbear 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Wow- this sounds really yummy!! thanx for the post & since we live in AZ.. we grill year round.. will try thy one soon!!

lovethedepp 1 year, 2 months ago said:
We will be getting a half a pig for the freezer next week and this sounds great. My husband is also an "only original Weber" grill chef and any recipe with a little extra touch gets my attention. I will try it with a little tequila!

gourmetdad 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I love a charcoal purist!
This recipe has 4 of my favorite things. Ham, a charcoal grill, whiskey, and a shot (or maybe more) for the chef! And it gives me another good excuse to buy a whole bone in hame for two people because I can SOOO use the leftovers from this recipe in my world famous Dave's ham & beans.
I will post pics when I do it!

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