Brown Sugar Glazed Ham

Course Main Course

Ingredients
  

  • 1 spiral cut fully cooked half Ontario ham (6 to 8 lb/3 to 4 kg)
  • 3/4 cup 175 mL pineapple juice
  • 3/4 cup 175 mL beef broth
  • 2 tbsp 30 mL each packed brown sugar and cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp 15 mL Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 tsp 2 mL hot pepper sauce
  • 1 tbsp 15 mL each cornstarch and water
  • 2 cups 500 mL diced fresh pineapple
  • 2 tbsp 30 mL chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/4 tsp 1 mL each salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Discard glaze packet from ham. Place ham on a rack in a roasting pan.
  • Preheat oven to 275ºF (135ºC).
  • In a saucepan, bring pineapple juice, broth, sugar and vinegar to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Whisk in mustard and hot pepper sauce.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water. Whisk into saucepan and cook, whisking for about 1 minute or until thickened. Brush some of the pineapple glaze over ham and cover with foil. Bake for about 2 hours or until meat thermometer reaches a temperature of 140ºF. Uncover ham and brush with some more of the glaze.
  • Increase oven temperature to 425ºF (220ºC). Roast, uncovered for about 15 minutes and brush with glaze one more time. Let ham rest for about 15 minutes before carving.
  • Stir remaining glaze into pineapple with parsley and serve with ham.

Notes

Tip: If cooking a smaller or larger ham, estimate about 15 minutes for pound for cooking time.
Provided by Ontario Pork: https://ontarioporkrecipes.ca/brown-sugar-glazed-ham
Keyword Ham