Bourbon Glazed Fresh Ham Recipes

BOURBON-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Score the surface of the ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep. Brush with 2 tablespoons bourbon. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 2 hours. , In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, mustard, marmalade, coriander and remaining bourbon; spoon over ham. Bake 30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 140°. Let stand for 15 minutes before slicing.

BOURBON-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Trim all but 1/4 inch fat from the ham, and score remaining fat in 3/4-inch diamonds, just deep enough to reach the meat without cutting into it. Place ham, fat side up, on a rack in a roasting pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, mustard, and bourbon. Brush 1/4 of the glaze over the ham. Bake the ham, brushing with remaining glaze every 30 minutes, until heated through (140 degrees on a meat thermometer), about 2 hours.
• Let ham stand about 15 minutes before carving. Using a knife with a long blade, carve downward to the bone. Run the knife horizontally through the ham, along the top of the bone, to release the slices.

BOURBON-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Score the surface of the ham, making diamond shapes about 1/2-inch deep. Place the ham in a large, resealable bag. Add the bourbon, brown sugar, crushed pineapple, honey, and garlic to the bag; refrigerate at least 8 hours, turning the bag over several times while marinating.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Transfer the ham and marinade to a large baking dish; pour the water into the dish. Attach the pineapple rings around the surface of the ham with toothpicks.
• Bake in preheated oven until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F (95 degrees C), basting occasionally with the sauce in the pan, 90 to 105 minutes.

HAM WITH MARMALADE BOURBON GLAZE

Steps:

• 1.Bake ham per package directions.
• 2.For the glaze: combine rest of ingredients and mix well.
• 3.When ham has 20 minutes left to cook, remove from oven and brush on glaze; allow to cook for 10 minutes, then brush on a second layer of glaze and allow to cook for another 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes before serving.

BOURBON-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Spray shallow roasting pan or 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. Place ham, fat side up, on rack in shallow pan. Score outside of ham in diamond pattern; insert cloves into diamond shapes. (To make inserting cloves easier, use small paring knife or toothpick to make small holes before inserting cloves.) Insert ovenproof meat thermometer in thickest part of ham. Bake 1 hour.
• In small bowl, stir together brown sugar, mustard and bourbon. Brush 1/2 of brown sugar mixture evenly over ham.
• Bake 30 minutes. Brush with remaining brown sugar mixture. Bake 40 to 50 minutes longer or until thermometer reads 140°F. If pan drippings start to burn, add up to 1/4 cup water to pan.
• Remove ham from oven; cover with foil and let stand 10 to 15 minutes for easier carving.

SWEET BOURBON HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Remove skin and excess fat from ham, leaving a fat layer about 1/4-inch thick. Score ham in a diamond pattern with a sharp knife. Push cloves into the center of the scored diamond shapes. Place ham with cut side down into a roasting pan.
• Bake ham in the preheated oven until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat, not touching bone, reads 125 degrees F (52 degrees C), about 2 hours.
• Combine brown sugar, whiskey, and black pepper in a bowl until glaze is smooth.
• Raise oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Baste ham with 1/3 the whiskey glaze. Return to oven and bake until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F (60 degrees C), basting ham with whiskey glaze every 10 minutes. Cover ham loosely with a tent of aluminum foil if ham browns too quickly.
• Let ham rest for 15 minutes before carving.

HABANERO BOURBON GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Combine the orange juice, lime juice, brown sugar, bourbon, maple syrup, vinegar and habanero in a large saucepot. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Simmer until reduced and slightly thickened, about 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool completely (the mixture will thicken as it cools). Remove the habanero and set aside until ready to use. This can be done ahead of time.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Put your ham in a roasting pan and cook until gently warmed through, about 45 minutes. Then begin basting it was the glaze until it's nicely caramelized, another 20 minutes. Remove the ham, tent with foil and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with any remaining glaze.

BOURBON-SPICED GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk the first 4 ingredients. Add ham; turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight, turning occasionally., Preheat oven to 325°. Remove ham from marinade and place on a rack in a roasting pan; reserve remaining marinade, placing it in the refrigerator until ready to baste., Using a sharp knife, score surface of ham with 1/4-in.-deep cuts in a diamond pattern. Bake, covered, 2 hours., Baste with about half the reserved marinade. Bake, uncovered, 1 to 1-1/2 hours, basting the ham twice more during the first half hour, until a thermometer reads 140°.

ROSEMARY-BOURBON GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Remove ham from packaging and bring to room temperature for up to 2 hours before baking.
• Preheat oven to 325ºF. Arrange a rack in the lower third of the oven and remove upper racks.
• In a small pot over medium heat, whisk together brown sugar, bourbon, apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, orange zest and juice, rosemary, garlic powder, onion powder, cinnamon, and a few turns of the pepper mill. Bring to a low simmer and cook for 5-6 minutes, stirring frequently, until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Place ham in a large roasting pan, face down. Brush half the glaze over the surface of the ham. Loosely cover ham with foil and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes. During cooking, brush with remaining glaze mixture every 30 minutes. For the last 15 minutes of cooking, remove foil. Let stand up to 30 minutes before transferring to a serving platter.

BOURBON AND MARMALADE GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Line a large roasting pan with foil.
• If necessary, trim the rind and fat from the ham, leaving only 1/4" layer of fat.
• Place the ham in the roasting pan.
• Score the ham in a diamond pattern, with a sharp knife.
• Stick one whole clove into the center of each diamond.
• Combine water, sherry and ginger in a small bowl, then pour over ham.
• Bake 5 minutes per pound.
• Combine the marmalade, bourbon and mustard in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until warm, about 5 minutes.
• Stir occasionally.
• Increase oven temp to 450°F.
• Brush the glaze over the cooked ham, then sprinkle with the brown sugar.
• Bake until ham reaches a rich brown color, about 20 minutes.
• Spoon off the fat from the pan juices.
• Transfer the pan juices to a saucepan, and boil until thick, about 10 minutes or so.
• Serve the ham with the pan juices.