Sorry, but in my family we don't do ham gravy....we do ham glaze only. There is red eye gravy, but that's with country ham only.

I always make a potato dish that doesn't need gravy when I do ham. This year I'm making German Potato Salad.

Nancy

I have never heard of gravy with a baked ham but then again I'm Canadian and I think that may be a Southern thing.

Like Nancy I always do creamy sides that don't need gravy when I do ham; creamy scalloped potatoes are a favorite. However this year I am doing a chicken broth based potato gratin because I am doing a carrot dish that has a cream sauce.

No one here ever uses it on the ham. I am an old softie and make my single brother mashed potatoes every time he is here. Real mashed potatoes with butter and cream. He always likes gravy on them.
Linda

We like raisin sauce with ham!

RAISIN SAUCE

1/2 c. dark brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 tbsp. cornstarch
2 tbsp. cider vinegar
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/3 c. raisins

Combine all ingredients except raisins in a heavy saucepan. Stir until well blended. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Lower heat and add raisins. Cook and stir until sauce is thick. Serve warm over sliced ham.

Another who doesn't make gravy with ham. Scalloped potatoes or potato salad. If you put a glaze on the ham & it drips down into the pan...I think you might get an odd tasting gravy?

/tricia

I don't make glazed hams so I LOVE ham gravy! Yum!
I also think with a glazed ham you would get a strange tasting gravy, too sweet.

This year I am not making mashed potatoes & gravy, I am thinking maybe Au Gratin or Nancy's Asiago Bacon Gratin which is delish!

Linda

Not a southern thing that I'm aware of. I think most southerners want a sweet glaze on their ham. I do not want anything sweet on mine. Just some nice potatoes will be fine.

maybe some nice pork stock turned into a little gravy just for him..:o)

My Mother used to make a peach gravy with honey baked ham. I've tried to replicate it but haven't had much luck. I am also in need of a good gravy recipe for HB ham because my family loves it with mashed potatoes and ham.

I don't think there is a way to make good gravy with a Honey Baked Ham, it's just too sweet and that flavor is going to carry over into the gravy. I would probably get some pork neck bones or something, use that for stock and then make gravy. If you want the smoky flavor of ham in the gravy, get a ham steak or smoked neck bones, maybe a hock, whatever is available in your area. Roast that, make stock and use it for gravy. This could be done a day or two before the meal to save time.

if you have unglazed ham at some point other than the holiday, you could freeze those "drippings" and use them later. You can also buy ham stock/bouillion/base and use that.

Good luck!

Annie

My mother ( new England heritage) always made a brown sugar vinegar mustard and raisin gravy, in the pan with the drippings, with a baked ham, served in a gravy boat with the ham. And scalloped potatoes ALWAYS went with a ham.

Occasionally, after baking a ham, I like to make a pineapple gravy. It is so, so good for a change.

Pineapple Gravy for Ham

Pour 20-oz can crushed pineapple with juice into pan with ham juices/drippings. Whisk together about 1/3 cup of water and 3 tbls. of cornstarch (the amounts really depend on how much ham juice there is). Add slowly to your ham juices in the pan, whisking the whole time. Only add what you need of the thickener. You may have to adjust so that gravy is not too thick or too thin.

I don't do gravy with ham; don't know why, just never have.

But, this old thread with old, familiar names no longer with us brought tears to my eyes.

Kate

Delicious with baked ham is a Madeira sauce. This recipe would be easy to adapt. https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/ham-steaks-in-madeira-sauce

Islay

I know how to make the best ham gravy you have ever had. i am planning on pitching it to honey baked ham co very soon,

Good luck to you!

I serve my baked ham with Cumberland sauce and Glenda’s Pineapple Pick Ups.