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Bourbon and Orange Glazed Ham

Bourbon and Orange Glazed Ham

A pretty clove-studded glazed ham always impresses at a Sunday night dinner or holiday meal. A sweet bourbon and orange glaze adds a subtle flavour to the meat.

Cook time

2 hrs 10 mins

Recipe Difficulty

Medium

Yield

Serves 10

Ingredients

  • 2 cups bourbon
  • 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 2 tbsp packed golden brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp grated orange peel
  • 1/4 cup salted butter, chilled and cubed
  • 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
  • 4 lb (2 kg) ready-to-serve (fully cooked) boneless or bone-in ham
  • Whole cloves*

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  2. To prepare glaze, combine bourbon, orange juice and nutmeg in a small non-reactive saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by half, about 10 - 12 minutes.
  3. Add brown sugar and orange peel; stir to combine.
  4. Reduce heat to low and gradually add butter, whisking until butter is melted. Remove from heat and stir in pepper.
  5. Reserve and refrigerate 1/4 cup of glaze to pour over ham after baking; remaining glaze will be used to baste ham.
  6. Score ham in a criss-cross fashion to make diamonds. Poke a small hole in centre of each diamond. Insert a clove into each hole.
  7. Place ham on a rack in a foil-lined shallow roasting pan. Brush ham with 3 tbsp of remaining glaze; set aside remaining glaze to baste ham.
  8. Bake, uncovered, basting ham every 25 minutes with rest of remaining glaze, until a meat thermometer registers 140°F, about 2 hours; discard any remaining glaze.
  9. Let stand for 15 minutes before carving.
  10. Meanwhile, remove 1/4 cup reserved glaze from refrigerator and reheat it.
  11. Pour reserved glaze over ham and carve.

Nutritional analysis per serving

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

397 calories, 10.7 g fat, 41.3 g protein, 6 g carbohydrate, 0.1 g fibre, 2398 mg sodium