Maple Bourbon Ham Glaze Recipes

BAKED HAM WITH LOW CARB MAPLE BOURBON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Place ham face down in a shallow baking pan and cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• Place on lower rack of oven and bake for 1 hour.
• While the ham is baking, mix together all the glaze ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• After 1 hour of cooking, remove ham from oven, uncover and stand ham up on 1 side. With a sharp knife and in a "tic-tac-toe" fashion, make shallow cuts all over the fatty side of the ham, scoring 1-inch squares. Insert single whole cloves in every corner of the squares created by the cuts. Pour the glaze over the top and let drip down the ham. Place uncovered ham back in the oven and cook for another 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand 15 minutes before slicing.

MAPLE ORANGE BOURBON GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Place the ham on a roasting rack in a roasting pan with the fat-side up. Use a small knife to lightly score the fat in a crosshatch pattern, taking care not to cut into the meat. Add about 1 cup of water to the bottom of the pan. Bake the ham for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze. Combine the marmalade, bourbon, maple syrup, butter, cinnamon and cloves in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring often, until the glaze is thick and syrupy, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Brush the ham with about half of the glaze and return to the oven. Roast, glazing the ham every 15 to 20 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches about 130 degrees F, 45 minutes to 1 hour more. (The ham will get very brown, but if the glaze starts to burn, tent with a piece of foil greased with cooking spray. Let rest, tented with a piece of greased foil, for about 10 minutes before carving.

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.

MAPLE-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Cover and bake until a thermometer reads 130°, 1-1/2 to 2 hours., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine glaze ingredients. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until slightly thickened, 2-3 minutes. , Remove ham from oven. Pour glaze over ham. Bake ham, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 140°, 15-30 minutes longer.

MAPLE-BOURBON GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Make the glaze: stir all glaze ingredients together in a bowl until blended; set aside (can be made ahead of time and stored in airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks).
• Preheat oven to 300°; line a large roasting pan with foil or a silicone baking liner.
• Remove ham from its packaging and drain off any juices.
• Place ham in prepared pan, flat side down, making sure to remove the little plastic disk covering the bone, and cover the ham and pan completely with foil.
• Bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center reads 120°, about 2 ½ hours.
• Increase oven temperature to 400° and remove the foil covering from the pan.
• Pour the glaze over the ham and bake uncovered, basting every 10 minutes with the pan juices, until the glaze is set, another 20-30 minutes.
• Remove the ham from the oven and let it rest for 15 minutes before carving.
• Serve the ham drizzled with any remaining glaze/pan drippings.

GINGER MAPLE HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook garlic and ginger for about 2 minutes. Add allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and star anise; stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add maple syrup, bourbon, and brown sugar to the saucepan.
• Cook and stir mixture until reduced and thickened to a glaze consistency, about 5 minutes. Whisk orange juice and ketchup into glaze until smooth. Strain glaze to remove spices.

HAM WITH BOURBON, MAPLE SYRUP AND PECAN GLAZE

Steps:

• Boil juice and bourbon in small saucepan until reduced to scant 1/3 cup, about 6 minutes.
• Combine sugar, pecans, molasses, and mustard in bowl.
• Add bourbon mixture; stir to form thick paste. (Can be made 2 days ahead.)
• Cover; chill.
• Bring to room temperature before using.
• Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 325°F
• Line large roasting pan with heavy-duty foil, leaving overhang on all sides.
• Trim off skin and all but 1/4 inch fat from ham.
• Place ham, fat side up, in prepared pan.
• Roast ham until thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 130°F to 135°F, about 10 minutes per pound or 2 hours 40 minutes for 16-pound ham.
• Remove ham from oven; increase oven temperature to 425°F
• Lightly score fat on ham in diamond pattern.
• Rub glaze thickly over top and sides of ham.
• Return ham to oven and roast until glaze is deep brown and bubbling, about 25 minutes.
• Let ham stand at least 20 minutes and up to 45 minutes.
• Serve with chutney and spoon bread.