Glazed Smoked Ham

  3.5 – 2 reviews  • Fruit
Total: 2 hr 15 min
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 2 hr
Total: 2 hr 15 min
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 2 hr

Ingredients

  1. 1 large onion, quartered, root end intact
  2. 1 (5 to 7-pound) smoked ham (shank end)
  3. 3/4 cup apricot jelly
  4. 1/4 cup water
  5. 8 sprigs fresh thyme, stripped
  6. 3 tablespoons yellow mustard
  7. 4 tablespoons cider vinegar
  8. 2 teaspoons molasses
  9. 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  10. 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  11. Pinch ground cloves
  12. 1 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  13. 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  14. 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  15. Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Score the ham with a cross hatch pattern through the thick layer of skin and fat. Arrange the onions in the center of a foil lined sheet pan large roasting pan and set the ham on top of them. Bake for 1 hour.
  2. Meanwhile, stir together the apricot jelly, water, thyme leaves, mustard, 3 tablespoons of the vinegar, the molasses, Worcestershire, allspice, and cloves in a saucepan. Whisk over medium heat until the jelly has dissolved and sauce is smooth, about 4 minutes. After the ham has been baked for 1 hour, brush with the apricot mixture every 15 minutes for another 45 minutes or until nicely glazed. Transfer the ham to a serving platter, tent with foil and set aside while making the sauce.
  3. Discard the onions, remove foil and pour the sauce into a skillet. Add the broth and bring to a boil over high heat. In a small bowl, mix the butter and flour together until you form a paste. Whisk into the pan juices and let sauce simmer until thickened like gravy. Finish with the remaining tablespoon of vinegar and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Thinly slice the ham and serve with the sauce.

Reviews

Brian Fischer
The glaze came out perfect. Not too sweet like so many others. Next time I will use a little less water in the glaze. Very good. Thanks!
Colin Gibson
I used this recipe as a very lose guideline for baking a ham and it turned out amazing. It was hard to find a recipe that wasn’t super sweet and had a bone in ham so that is why I used this one. I mixed together the mustard, worshire sauce, cider vinegar, thyme, and water and poured it over the ham after the 1st hour. Then at the 15 min intervals I put those same ingredients together minus the water and used that as the glaze. I didn’t want a sweet glaze so this was perfect. The ham was delicous and we had hardly any left after Christmas dinner!

 

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