Festive ham with spicy glaze

7. 10. 2025

If you prefer spicier flavors over sweet ones, add spices and a small amount of alcohol to the ham rub glaze. Don’t be afraid of the apricot jam in this recipe.

Ingredients:

• approx. 5 pounds ham with bone
• 1 1/2 cup of apricot jam
• 1/1 cup of spiced rum
• 2 tablespoons of barbecue sauce
• 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
• Bay leaf
• whole cloves
• fresh sprigs of rosemary for garnish

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 338°F.
2. Using a sharp knife, remove the skin from the ham, not the fat.
3. Cut the fat into diamond shapes approximately 0.2 inches deep.
4. Insert nails into the centers of the diamonds.
5. Pour a cup of water into a large roasting pan.
6. Place the ham on a wire rack over the roasting pan and wrap it in foil.
7. In a small saucepan over low heat, combine marmalade, rum, ground ginger, and barbecue sauce in a saucepan.
8. Heat until mixture thickens slightly.
9. Spread half of the glaze over the ham.
10. Place the roasting pan with the ham in the oven and bake for about an hour and a half.
11. Rotate the pan regularly and coat the ham with a new layer of glaze every 15 minutes.
12. After removing from the oven, garnish with rosemary and bay leaves and let the Christmas ham rest for 15 minutes.

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