Glazed Ham Recipe โ Perfect for Holiday Gatherings
Last Updated on: 18th March 2025, 11:54 am
HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!
Holiday Ham for your celebration!
The time of year is here to gather and celebrate, and what better way to do so than around a delicious glazed ham spread? This holiday ham recipe is the perfect centerpiece for your festive meal, making it an instant hit at your next celebration.
WHY YOUโLL LOVE THIS GLAZED HAM RECIPE
I made this glazed holiday ham for a group of friends this past Halloween, gearing up for these holiday videos. I guess you can say it was an early "Friendsgiving celebration," but no doubt, this ham recipe works year-round for any holiday gathering or seasonal meal.
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BON APPรTIT,
Chef Abyssinia
Glazed Ham
Glazed ham, perfect holiday recipe
Equipment
- cutting board/knife
- Baking dish
- Saucepot
- Whisk
- ladle
Ingredients
Ham
- 1 each onion, diced
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 each carrot
- 5 lbs ham
- 20 each cloves
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 3/4 cup water
- 3 tbsp dijon mustard
Glaze
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 6 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 each bay leave
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 4 tbsp mustard
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup liquid from ham
Instructions
Ham
- Remove ham from the fridge, set out at room temp for 1-2 two hours before cooking.
- Dice onions, celery & carrot. Spread mirepoix on the bottom of a baking dish and place ham on top.
- Using a sharp knife, score ham diagonally. Repeatย scoring, diagonally, in the opposite direction. This will create diamond patterns.
- Once the ham is scored, stick cloves into the intersections of each diamond. Watch the recipe video below for a tutorial.
- Mix together 1/4 cup orange juice, 3/4 cup water, and 3 tbsp of dijon mustard. Pour this mixture over the ham.
- Cover ham with foil and bake in the oven at 325 degrees F for 1hr and 20 minutes.
Glaze
- In a saucepan add orange juice, honey, cinnamon, bay leaves, salt, allspice, dijon mustard, brown sugar, and butter. Whisk everything together.
- Drain 1 cup of liquid from your ham and add it to the pot with your glaze mixture.
- Cook your glaze on medium heat for 10-15 minutes or until it is reduced by half. The glaze should be thick enough to fully coat the back of a spoon. Watch the recipe video below for a tutorial.
- After the ham has cooked for 1hr and 20 minutes covered, remove it from the oven
- Turn oven to 425 degrees F. Glaze your ham and then put it back in the oven
- Repeat this process every 10 minutes or until your ham reaches an internal temperature of 135 degrees F.
- Cover your ham and let rest for 15-20 minutes. Carryover cooking will bring the internal temp to 140 degrees F. See notes.
- Slice ham & enjoy with glaze!
Video
Notes
Why should I score my ham?
Scoring the ham will allow the glaze to penetrate your ham easily while cooking, allowing for more flavor. Watch the recipe video below for a tutorial.What carryover cooking?
Carryover cooking (sometimes referred to as resting) is when foods are halted from actively cooking and allowed to equilibrate under their own retained heat. Because foods such as meats are typically measured for cooking temperature near the center of mass, stopping cooking at a given central temperature means that the outer layers of the food will be at a higher temperature than that measured. Heat therefore will continue to migrate inwards from the surface, and the food will cook further even after being removed from the source of heat. Tried this recipe?Mention @ChefAbyssinia on FB or Instagram!
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