Delicious Ham Balls with Ham Glaze Topping
Say it’s going to be a busy week and you want to have something on hand that the whole family will love… You need these ham balls in your life. These ham balls are also great to make if you’re looking for recipes for leftover ham. I was laughing just the other night to myself thinking that I never thought I’d see the day that I’d be telling a friend how much I love ham balls. But between the delicious morsels that I’m going to share with you and the amazing ham glaze that I use to top them with, I’m telling you… these are amazing!
Keep in mind that my family also loves “hearty” meals. My husband is a meat and potatoes kind of guy (he loves my Slow Cooker Pot Roast, too!) and so these ham balls aren’t too much of a stretch, but I did have to kind of “sell” the fam on these – it worked, though! I generally serve them with cheesy potatoes or mashed potatoes and some kind of veggie. The kids love them and I love them, too. And, they’re GREAT to reheat and use up leftovers, or you can freeze the leftovers or freeze half of the recipe to serve another night, too.
Give ’em a shot – I know you’ll love them!
First combine all of the ingredients. I use a couple of forks to mix this all up, but you’re going to be getting your hands in there in a minute anyways, so you may just decide to dive in now and mix it all up. Some prefer to use some disposable latex gloves.
Next, shape mixture into one-inch balls. The size is kind of important to make sure that the cooking time allows them to get up to a safe temperature. Be sure to use a pan like this one that has higher sides and is big enough to hold a few dozen ham balls. I love mine and use it for tons of recipes (it’s a great buy and a great price, too!)
While you’re making your ham balls, start to make your ham glaze. This ham glaze recipe is the secret ingredient that you just couldn’t do without – promise! Have the glaze warming on low, low, low while you do the balls and by the time you get the balls all rolled and on the pan you’ll be ready to pour on to the ham balls.
Once the ham glaze has topped all of the ham balls, put some foil over the ham balls and bake for 20 minutes covered and 20 minutes uncovered. Your kitchen is going to smell like Easter Sunday! Yummmm ….
After the ham balls are done baking, put them into a dish and carefully toss them to get the ham glaze all over the ham balls. And… enjoy!
** You can easily halve this recipe AND another time saving tip is that some grocers carry a ham loaf already mixed. My favorite store does and so I buy that pre-made. If your store doesn’t, you’ll just buy the meats separately, no biggie.
Delicious Ham Balls with Ham Glaze Topping
Ingredients
- Ham Balls:
- 1 pound fully cooked ham finely ground
- 1 pound ground pork
- ** If your grocery has a ham loaf mixture get that to save some time.
- 1 cup crushed Corn Chex you can also sub corn flakes
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- For the glaze:
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon ground mustard
Instructions
- Ham Balls:
- In a large bowl combine all of the ham ball ingredients.
- Blend until mixed and shape mixture into 1-inch balls (this is important to make sure they get cooked all the way through)
- Place in a single layer on a jelly roll pan.
- ** If you're making the full recipe you may need two pans, or just make sure they're packed in really close. They do not expand while cooking.
- Meanwhile, make your ham glaze recipe by combining all of the ham glaze ingredients until sugar is dissolved
- Spoon the ham glaze over ham balls
- Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes covered with foil
- Uncover and bake 20 minutes more
- Gently toss in glaze
- Enjoy!
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This is going to be a “raise your eye to high heaven” kind of question but…how many teaspoons / tablespoons would make a 1 inch ball? I don’t have a ruler to measure unfortunately 🙁 Sorry if the question is dumb but I just wanted to try the recipe…
I made these today and used spam for the ham. I must say these are surprisingly damn delicious! I am planning on making them for holiday parties but in smaller bite size balls!!