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| The logo of the former Heavenly Ham |
A few weeks ago, I shared the actual Turkey Salad recipe for the defunct ham store chain, Heavenly Ham. I've actually gotten a couple of emails regarding other recipes from the chain. While I do know most of their recipes, there are only 2 that I cannot share due to the fact that the ingredients are no longer available as they were proprietary ingredients made specifically for Heavenly Ham that didn't get transferred to Honey Baked when they bought them. This was probably the least labor intensive salad to make, next to their pasta salad. It actually only contained 3 ingredients, in spite of many customer's belief that we included relish and various other items. This recipe is as close to Heavenly Ham's Ham Salad as you can now get.
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| A box lunch similar to what you'd get from Heavenly Ham back in the day. |
1 lb Spiral Sliced Ham or any thicker cut. Also, honey smoked is a must. Brand really makes no difference
1/2 cup Special Sauce (see below)
2 stalks of green onion
This is the fun part, all ingredients into the food processor Chop until mixed but not fine and enjoy on your favorite bread with a slice of Havarti Cheese, a slather of mayo and special sauce.
Heavenly Ham's Special Sauce was nothing more than equal parts of Heavenly Ham's That Mustard and Mayonnaise. That Mustard was one of the proprietary items that is no longer made so I had to clone my own version which comes as close as you will get.
Heavenly Ham That Mustard Clone
1/2 cup Spicy Brown Mustard
2 tbsp Honey
2 tbsp Mayonnaise
Dash of Red Ground Cayenne Pepper
Heavenly Ham Special Sauce
Equal Parts of Mayonnaise and Heavenly Ham That Mustard from the recipe above.
Hello there! Thank you so much for this recipe! I've looked all over, and actually saw your blog, a while back. I used to work near a Heavenly Ham deli/store, back in 1998, I believe, and I loved that Ham salad on croissant with some lettuce, yum! God bless you and thanks again!
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Thank you there ham salad is/was delicious
ReplyDeleteSo glad to find this, so sick of recipes that say honey baked ham salad copy cat and they have freaking relish in it!
ReplyDeleteRelish would totally ruin it. Ham salad was really the simplest thing to make. The most complicated step was cleaning the cruisinart afterwards.
DeleteThank you so much!!! I used to work near a heavenly ham, and used to enjoy their box lunches with ham salad on a croissant. Also used the ham salad by the pound for receptions, and graduations. Many, Many thanks~ God Bless you!
ReplyDeleteThank you. So sad HH sold out to HBH. Not a ham or turkey fan except HH. I would drive over an hour to get the salads and ham. Their sauce too and I don't like mustard. HBH isn't the same. I have one a couple miles away but HH was worth the drive. Ugh so upset.
ReplyDeleteThe Ham Store and More (previously Heavenly Ham) in Jackson, TN still serving all of Heavenly Ham original recipes, meats and sandwiches, freshly baked breads and cookies that their customers have loved and counted on since 1994. Nothing has changed but the name! Still locally owned and operated for 30 years!
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