Baked Ham With Orange-Pepper Glaze

Serves: 5

Gabriella Kub

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

49

Spice

50

Sweetness

52

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.6

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Remove the ham from the refrigerator 1 hour before baking

2

Trim off any skin, leaving an even layer of fat (about 1/2 inch thick)

3

Use a sharp paring knife to score through the fat in a diagonal crosshatch pattern without cutting through to the meat

4

Place the ham, flat-side down, on a roasting rack set in a large roasting pan

5

Position a rack in the lower third of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F

6

Combine the orange juice, 1 cup chicken broth and the melted butter in a measuring cup

7

Pour over the ham and tent with foil

8

Bake, basting with the pan juices every 30 minutes, until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the ham registers 130 degrees F, 2 to 2 1/2 hours

9

Make the glaze: Remove the ham from the oven, spoon out about 1/4 cup of the pan juices and transfer to a medium bowl

10

Whisk the pepper jelly, mustard, brown sugar, marmalade, vinegar, thyme, chile powder, coriander, cayenne and orange zest into the bowl

11

Brush the ham with about one-quarter of the glaze

12

Add the remaining 1 cup broth to the pan

13

Return to the oven and bake, brushing the ham with more glaze twice (reserve some for finishing), until the surface is caramelized and a thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 140 degrees F, 1 1/2 to 2 more hours

14

Transfer the ham to a cutting board

15

Brush with the reserved glaze; let rest 15 minutes before carving

16

Photograph by Con Poulos