Orange Bourbon Glazed Christmas Ham

Sliced bourbon glazed ham in a roasting pan with fresh cranberries and orange slices.

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Orange Bourbon Glazed Christmas Ham

This glazed Christmas ham is sweet, spicy, and packed with warming flavor for the holidays. The whole family will be asking for seconds.

Prep Time40

Cook Time2

Total Time2 40

Course: Main Dishes

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 527kcal

Author: Cassie Johnston

Ingredients

⅔ cup bourbon
¾ cup orange marmalade
¼ cup maple syrup
¼ cup Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 5-10 pound bone-in, smoked, fully-cooked ham
Cranberries orange slices, and rosemary, for garnish

Instructions

Move oven rack to lower portion of the oven so you can fit the ham. Preheat oven to 325°F.
In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together the bourbon, orange marmalade, maple syrup, Dijon, and black pepper until smooth. Set aside.
Remove ham from package and place in a roasting pan, flat side down.
Using a sharp knife, score the ham using a criss-cross pattern throughout the fatty layer on top of the ham. Go in about ½" to 1”.
Brush all over the top of the ham with ⅓ of the prepared glaze.
Cover ham loosely with aluminum foil (this prevents the ham from drying out), and then bake in the oven for about 2 hours—the ham is fully cooked, so you’re just looking to warm the ham through. An instant read thermometer should read around 125°F in the middle when it’s warm enough to serve.
Remove ham from the oven and remove the foil. Preheat broiler, or if your broiler is too small to fit the ham, increase oven temperature to 500°F. Brush the ham all over with ⅓ of the prepared glaze.
Place the ham under the broiler (or in the hot oven) for 2-3 minutes to brown and caramelize the sweet glaze on top. Watch carefully to make sure the glaze turns brown, and doesn’t burn.
Remove the ham from the oven, cover it back up with the foil, and let rest for at least 15 minutes before slicing.
Just before carving, brush ham with the remaining ⅓ of the glaze. Slice into your desired thickness and serve. If you prefer, you can plate the entire ham on a platter and garnish with cranberries, orange slices, and rosemary, and then carve at the table.

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