How To Glaze A Ham

Is someone special coming to your house for dinner? Are you planning to cook ham for the special guest? Whether you are roasting a ham for a special person or a special occasion, scoring and glazing can definitely add to the look as well as the flavor of your recipe. Glaze can be described as a combination of ingredients, slathered on the ham mainly with the aim of enhancing its flavor. There is a wide range of options as far as ham glazes are concerned. In the following lines, we will tell you how to glaze a ham, in different ways.

Easy Ham Glaze Recipes

Ingredients

Honey and Brown Sugar Ham Glaze

2/3 cup Brown Sugar
3 tbsp HONEY
1 tbsp Prepared Mustard

Orange Glaze

1 cup Orange Juice
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
1 tbsp Dijon Mustard
1/2 cup Honey
2 tsp Soy Sauce
2 tbsp Grand Marnier (optional)

Baked Ham Maple Glaze

1 tbsp Mustard
2/3 cup Real Maple Syrup

Brown Sugar Glaze

1½ cups Brown Sugar
1½ tsp Dry Mustard Powder
3/4 tsp Ground Cloves

Marmalade Glaze

1/4 cup Orange Marmalade
1/2 tsp Dry Mustard
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 tbsp Flour
Pineapple Juice (enough to create a thick paste)

Pineapple Glaze

1½ tsp Dry Mustard
1½ cups Brown Sugar
3/4 cup Crushed Pineapple, well drained

Ginger Glaze

1 tsp Dry Ginger
1 tsp Dry Mustard
1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
Canned Pear or Peach Syrup (to make thick paste)
1 tsp Lemon Juice

Chili Glaze

1/2 cup Thick Chili Sauce
1/4 cup Corn Syrup

Instructions (For All Recipes)

First of all, you need to make a slit in the rind of the ham.
Trim the rind and fat at the same time, leaving 1/4 inch layer of fat on ham.
Make diagonal cuts along the surface of the ham, on the fat layer, making sure not to penetrate the meat.
Now, make diagonal cuts in the opposite direction, forming diamond shapes in the fat layer.
Take a bowl and put all the ingredients in it (this works for all the above mentioned recipes)
Mix the ingredients well and brush over the ham.
As the ham cooks, occasionally brush it with the extra glaze.

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