Best Easter Ham With Red Currant Glaze Recipes

RED CURRANT-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Place the ham, cut-side down, on a rack set in a roasting pan. Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, using a heavy pan, crush the peppercorns; place them in a bowl. Add the jelly, mustard and cider vinegar to the bowl and mix well to make a glaze. Transfer 1⁄2 cup of the glaze to a second bowl and set aside for serving.
• Brush half the remaining glaze over the ham and bake, uncovered, 20 minutes. Brush the rest of the remaining glaze over the ham and bake until ham is heated through and internal temperature registers 140°F, 15 to 20 minutes more. Thinly slice the ham and serve with the reserved glaze.

EASTER HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, marmalade and mustard; set aside. Score the surface of the ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep; insert a whole clove in the center of each diamond. , Place ham cut side down on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 140°, about 2 hours., Brush ham with glaze. Bake 45 minutes longer, brushing with glaze every 15 minutes. Serve remaining glaze with sliced ham.

EASTER HAM WITH RED CURRANT GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees.
• Put ham fat side up on a bed of aluminum foil in a pan just big enough to hold it. Place in oven for 2 1/2 hours.
• Remove from oven, and peel off the outer layer of fat. Score top with a sharp knife at 3/4-inch intervals in a checkerboard pattern, about half an inch deep. Return ham to oven.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the jelly with the red wine and reduce until mixture is slightly syrupy, about 6 minutes. Baste ham lightly with the glaze every 10 minutes or so for 1 1/2 hours.
• Let cool for 30 minutes; then decorate with a thin line of parsley along every third scored line.

GLAZED EASTER 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. Bake at 325° for 1-3/4 hours. , In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Spoon over ham. Bake 15-30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 140°. Let stand for 10-15 minutes before slicing.

HAM WITH CURRANT-ROSEMARY GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Wrap ham with parchment-lined foil. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, bring jelly and rosemary to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until thick and syrupy, about 3 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and salt.
• Transfer ham to a cutting board, and unwrap. Score fat in a diamond pattern with lines less than 1/2 inch apart using a sharp knife. Return ham to baking sheet. Raise oven temperature to 375 degrees. Brush ham with currant glaze. Bake for 30 minutes. Brush again with glaze, and bake for 10 minutes more. Remove from oven, and brush again with glaze. Rewarm remaining glaze over low heat until pourable and saucelike. Slice ham, and serve with sauce.

HAM WITH CURRANT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, bring ham and water to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until ham is heated through, turning once. Meanwhile, in a small microwave-safe bowl, combine jelly and horseradish. Cover and microwave on high for 1-3 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Serve over ham.

EASTER HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine water, honey, brown sugar, mustard, garlic, onion powder, cloves, and ginger in a saucepan. Mix to combine.
• Warm saucepan over low heat until sugar and honey are melted together and sugar is dissolved.

CURRANT MUSTARD-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• If the ham comes with the skin still attached, remove most of it with a sharp knife, leaving a collar of skin around the shank bone and a layer of fat. Trim the fat, leaving a layer about 1/3 inch thick, score the layer remaining into diamonds, and stud the center of each diamond with a clove. Bake the ham on a rack in a roasting pan in a preheated 350°F. oven for 55 minutes.
• In a small saucepan heat the jelly over moderate heat, stirring, until it is melted and smooth, remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the mustard. Spoon the glaze over the ham, spreading it evenly, and bake the ham for 30 to 35 minutes more, or until the glaze is brown and bubbly. Transfer the ham to a platter and let it stand for 15 minutes before carving. If planning to make the ham, spinach, and pasta gratin (page 117), reserve 1 pound of the carved ham, covered and chilled.