Our table spread on New Year’s eve consisted mostly of fruits, a noodle dish, leche flan (for dessert), champagne to toast to the new year and my main, Baked Ham.
It has been my dream to bake my own ham so I decided last year that I will try my best to make one for the new year. Thank God I found half of a leg ham in the supermarket a week before Christmas. It’s so hard to find a small whole leg ham here (everything is so big!) so our best option was to get a half leg.
I started preparing the ham on the 30th December. Boiled the ham in pineapple juice, beer and brown sugar for an hour (no precise measurements, just “to taste”). Then sliced off the skin, scored the ham and pushed whole cloves unto the ham. The cloves add flavor to the ham and at the same time serves as decoration. Covered in foil, I stored the ham inside the fridge overnight.
Three hours before midnight of 31st December, I baked the ham (180-200 degrees) for an hour while brushing sauce from boiled ham unto the surface of the ham every 20 minutes. On the last quarter of the hour, I placed two pineapple slices on top of the ham.
It was a good first try and the Husband approved!
I cooked one of our favorite noodle dishes, Sotanghon Noodles with Scallops and Snow Peas. If you want the recipe, you can find it
here.
At the stroke of midnight, we welcomed 2011 with hopeful, happy faces as we toasted “Cheers to a brighter 2011!”
11 Comments
lauren
wow, the ham looks really yummy! 😀 happy new year!
kaoko
Congrats for a job well done, Ibyang! And happy new year to you and Chris!
Edong
Happy New Year Ibyang!
may you continue to be a blessing to others… 🙂
RicAdeMus
Everything turned out so beautifully…a very stylish and tasty way to start the year.
I love flan!!! =)
Photo Cache
your table looks so clean so fresh.
cheers to a better and brighter 2011.
Eds
happy new year ibyang! that ham looks so yummy ha…uhmmm
Hazel
the ham looks delicious! but with that long of a preparation (i’m lazy at the kitchen hehe), i might not be able to make it! anyway, happy 2011 😀
Joanie
Happy New Year the ham looks sweet and yummy. Been a while Ibyang. Reading your blog makes me miss Australia. Wish there’s an airfare promo to australia on my bday lol!
ciao!
Wenny Yap
What a great start to your New Year! The roasted ham looks so yummy and thanks for including the recipe. I’m so going to try it!
jeanny
the ham looks great and I know it taste great too. Its a labor of love. Galing mo talaga sis. 🙂
dong ho
wow! looks like you had fun at home with some traditional food for a new year! happy new year!
thank you for dropping by eskapo.