Apr 18, 2011

Great Tips for Easter Dinner Favorites Part I


Do you stress over holiday dinners, such as Easter Dinner, dredging up your deepest, darkest fears that the main course will be dry and boring and the sides will be lifeless?

Never fear! We’re here to help with some ideas to spice up your Easter dinner table.

Just follow these recipes and tips and your friends and family will most likely beg you to host EVERY holiday from now on.

You decide if that’s a blessing or a curse…

Read on to get the most out of your holiday meal:

Cooking a spectacular Spiral Sliced Ham :

  • Serve at room temperature if desired. Great with or without the glaze.
  • Bring to room temperature before heating
  • Remove plastic, netting and bone guard before heating
  • Cut the meat around the bone for easy removal
  • Save the bone for great dishes like Spiral Ham and Beans
  • You can also freeze the bone to save for later
  • You can refreeze your ham – remove from the bone and put in a freezer bag.

Leftover ideas:

  • Cut into scrambled eggs
  • Make ham & potato hash
  • Great addition to green beans
  • Perfect for ham salad

Maple Bourbon Ham Glaze

Ingredients:

  1. 1 cup maple syrup
  2. 1 cup bourbon whiskey
  3. 2 cups apple juice
  4. 1 tsp. rubbed sage
  5. 1 pinch grated nutmeg
  6. Salt and pepper

Directions: Reduce apple juice and bourbon by half and add syrup. Reduce by one third. Add nutmeg and sage season with salt and pepper. Glaze Spiral Sliced Ham once before cooking, once during cooking and again when removed from the oven.

For a memorable prime rib:

  • Thaw completely in refrigerator
  • Let it come to room temp before cooking
  • Do Not Remove Netting before cooking
  • Cover with a foil tent after removing from oven
  • Allow to rest 15 min after cooking
  • Remove net before cutting.
  • For easy removal of the net use kitchen shears
  • A great dipping sauce for prime rib is horseradish and sour cream.
  • Left-over meal ideas:
  • Add BBQ sauce for chopped beef sandwiches
  • Prime rib hash
  • Steak Subs
  • Prime Rib Roast (in the oven)

Ingredients:

Kansas City Steak Prime Rib Roast

Directions: Place meat, fat side up, on rack in a shallow roasting pan. Season with Kansas City Steak Company Steak and Prime Rib Seasoning (included in your order). Rub evenly over surface of netted roast. Do not add water or cover.

Roast in 375 degree oven until meat thermometer registers 135 degrees (approximately 1 to 1 ½ hours) for medium-rare or 145 degrees (approximately 1 ½ to 2 hours) for medium. Cover roast with aluminum foil tent and allow to stand 15 to 20 minutes. Remove netting and trim excess fat before carving.

In addition, our amazing selection is also available on line. We’ve thought of everything about the holiday. You can even check out our dinner recipes of Spiral Ham online. Have a delicious Easter holiday and enjoy the dinner!

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