Keto Cranberry, Orange and Ginger Thanksgiving Ham
This delicious Keto Thanksgiving ham is oven baked until tender then finished with a sweet and festive cranberry jam. The low carb cranberry jam is packed with holiday flavors of zesty orange and warming spices, perfect to complement the savory pork. This tasty Thanksgiving Keto recipe is both delicious served hot or cold for leftovers.
How to Make It
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Arrange the ham on a shallow oven tray and cover loosely with foil. Transfer the ham to the oven to bake for 45 minutes. While the ham is baking, you can prepare the cranberry jam glaze. Add the dried cranberries, orange juice, zest, cinnamon, maple-flavored syrup, ginger, ground cloves, and salt to a small saucepan. Add half the water and stir well to combine. Set over a medium high heat and bring to a boil.
Step 2
Allow the cranberries to bubble and simmer until plump and rehydrated. Reduce the heat and continue to simmer. Add the remaining water a little at a time, and continue to simmer the cranberries while carefully crushing with a fork. Continue to simmer until the fruit is broken down, all the liquid has evaporated, and you have a sticky jam-like consistency. This will take about 10-15 minutes. You can add more water as needed until you reach the right consistency. Set aside to cool completely.
Step 3
After 45 minutes, remove the ham from the oven and take off the foil. Score across the soft fat in a criss cross pattern. Divide the cranberry jam in half, setting half to one side for serving. Using a spoon or spatula, rub the remaining jam into the scored fat and around the edges of the ham. Return to the oven for a further 30 minutes, or until entirely cooked through, basting the ham with the cooking juices halfway through. Serve hot or cold with the remaining cranberry jam.
Ingredients
- Virginia Ham (country Ham), Visible Fat Eaten
1.6 pound
- Maple Flavored Syrup by Lakanto
1-½ tablespoon
- Water
1 cup
- Ginger, Ground
1 teaspoon
- Orange Juice
1 teaspoon
- Orange Peel Or Zest Raw
1 tsp
- Cinnamon
½ teaspoon
- Craisins Dried Cranberries Reduced Sugar by Ocean Spray
⅓ cup
- Salt, Sea Salt
¼ teaspoon
- Cloves, Ground
⅛ teaspoon