Baked Ham with Apricot Pineapple Glaze
Smoked, rich-tasting ham, glazed with a two-fruit, sweet and tangy glaze, spiced up Dijon mustard.
Recipe - Quality Foods
Baked Ham with Apricot Pineapple Glaze
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Ingredients
1 1/3 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
1/2 cup apricot jam
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp cider vinegar or rice vinegar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 (7 to 8 lb./3.2 to 3.5 kg) shank or butt portion ham
Directions
- Pour pineapple juice into a small pot, set over medium, medium-high heat and bring to a simmer. Simmer juice until reduced to 1/3 cup. Measure juice to ensure you have 1/3 cup. If you have more than that, simmer it a while longer until you do. Or, if you’ve reduced it too much, top up with water until you have 1/3 cup.
- Pour reduced juice back into the pot. Add jam, mustard, vinegar, cinnamon, ginger and pepper. Set over medium, medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer, whisking to combine the melting jam with the other ingredients. Remove glaze from the heat and set it aside for now (see Options).
- Preheat oven to 325 F. Trim ham of any excess tough outer skin. Set ham, fatty side up, in shallow roasting pan. Score top of ham in a diamond pattern, making shallow cuts about 1-inch apart. Bake ham, uncovered, 80 minutes.
- When ham has baked 80 minutes, brush it with 1/3 of the glaze, and then bake 10 minutes more. Brush with 1/3 more of the glaze and bake another 10 minutes. Now brush with remaining glaze and bake another 10 minutes, or until ham is richly coloured and piping hot, about 140 F (60 C) or above when tested in the very centre with an instant-read meat thermometer. Transfer ham to a cutting board, tent with foil and rest 15 minutes. Now slice, arrange on a platter and serve.
Options: You can make the glaze a day before needed. Once you’ve made it, transfer to a bowl, cool to room temperature, cover and refrigerate until needed for the ham.
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Western Family - Pure Apricot Jam, 500 Millilitre
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Heinz - Dijon Mustard, 265 Millilitre
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Bragg - Apple Cider Vinegar - Organic, 946 Millilitre
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Mccormick - Ground Black Pepper, 37 Gram
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Hertel - Smoked Ham Shank Portion, 1 Pound
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Directions
- Pour pineapple juice into a small pot, set over medium, medium-high heat and bring to a simmer. Simmer juice until reduced to 1/3 cup. Measure juice to ensure you have 1/3 cup. If you have more than that, simmer it a while longer until you do. Or, if you’ve reduced it too much, top up with water until you have 1/3 cup.
- Pour reduced juice back into the pot. Add jam, mustard, vinegar, cinnamon, ginger and pepper. Set over medium, medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer, whisking to combine the melting jam with the other ingredients. Remove glaze from the heat and set it aside for now (see Options).
- Preheat oven to 325 F. Trim ham of any excess tough outer skin. Set ham, fatty side up, in shallow roasting pan. Score top of ham in a diamond pattern, making shallow cuts about 1-inch apart. Bake ham, uncovered, 80 minutes.
- When ham has baked 80 minutes, brush it with 1/3 of the glaze, and then bake 10 minutes more. Brush with 1/3 more of the glaze and bake another 10 minutes. Now brush with remaining glaze and bake another 10 minutes, or until ham is richly coloured and piping hot, about 140 F (60 C) or above when tested in the very centre with an instant-read meat thermometer. Transfer ham to a cutting board, tent with foil and rest 15 minutes. Now slice, arrange on a platter and serve.
Options: You can make the glaze a day before needed. Once you’ve made it, transfer to a bowl, cool to room temperature, cover and refrigerate until needed for the ham.