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The Top Tip To Prevent A Dry Pre-Cooked Spiral Ham
By Greta Pano
Pre-cooked spiral ham is an easy-to-make and crowd-pleasing entree, but since it's already cooked, it's prone to drying out in the oven.
The key to preventing this disaster is to wrap your ham in aluminum foil before placing it in your oven. This will keep the moisture in the ham by holding onto the steam.
The ham should be wrapped in foil and placed cut-side down in a roasting pan. Some chefs advise loosely wrapping the meat without letting the foil fully touch the ham.
However, other instructions for cooking spiral-cut ham suggest wrapping the ham more tightly in foil to prevent the natural juices from escaping.
If you're not keen on wrapping the ham, you could also enclose the entire pan in aluminum foil, creating a sort of tent to cover the entire dish.
Whether you wrap the ham lightly, tightly, or with the entire pan, the idea behind using foil is to seal in the steam and the juices to create a moister, better-tasting ham.