Apricot Honey Baked Ham Food

APRICOT HONEY BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Before roasting ham, let it sit covered at room temperature for 2 hours.To make the sauce: In a small saucepan over combine apricot preserves, honey, brown sugar, dijon, and butter over medium heat.
• Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 minute, whisking constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• The sauce should have the texture of loose honey.Pre-heat oven to 325˚ degrees and line your roasting pan with foil for easier cleanup.
• Place the ham in roasting pan cut-side down.
• Brush 1/3 of the glaze over the ham and cover with foil.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours.Increase oven to 425˚ degrees and remove ham from the oven.
• Brush with 1/3 of the glaze.
• Bake uncovered for another 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and brush with remaining 1/3 glaze and roast uncovered another 10 minutes until a brown crust has formed and the internal temperature reaches 130-135˚F.
• Transfer the ham to a serving dish and let it rest for 15-20 minutes before slicing.
• Strain the pan juices through a sieve and remove the fat that floats to the top.
• Drizzle the pan juices over ham slices and serve.

APRICOT-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degree F.
• Place the ham on a roasting rack in a roasting pan with the fat-side up. Use a knife to lightly score the fat in a diamond pattern, taking care not to cut into the meat. Bake the ham for 1 hour.
• While the ham is baking, make the glaze. In a small saucepan, combine the jam, butter, mustard, sage, vinegar, bay leaf, cloves and cinnamon over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring, until the glaze is thin and syrupy.
• After the ham has baked 1 hour, brush with about half of the glaze and return to the oven. Cook, glazing the ham every 15 to 20 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches about 130 degrees F, 1 to 1 1/2 hours longer. If the glaze starts to burn, tent with a piece of greased foil.
• Remove the ham from the oven and tent with a piece of greased foil. Let rest for about 10 minutes before carving.

CLASSIC PINEAPPLE-APRICOT GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• For the ham: Remove the ham from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Trim off any skin from the ham. Use a sharp paring knife to score through the fat in a diagonal crosshatch pattern without cutting through to the meat. Insert the cloves into the ham, placing them at the intersections of the cuts (you may have some cloves left over).
• Put the ham, flat-side down, on a rack in a roasting pan. Pour 1/4 inch water into the bottom of the pan. Transfer to the oven and roast until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the ham registers 130 degrees F, about 2 hours and 30 minutes (about 15 minutes per pound).
• Meanwhile make the glaze: Squeeze the lime juice into a small saucepan. Add the ginger and pineapple juice. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, 8 to 10 minutes. Strain, then stir in the lime zest, apricot preserves and Dijon.
• Increase the oven temperature to 425 degrees F. Pour half the pineapple glaze over the ham and brush to coat. If the water in the bottom of the pan has evaporated, add more. Return the ham to the oven and roast, basting every 10 minutes with the remaining glaze, until glossy and well browned, about 45 minutes more.
• Let the ham rest for 15 minutes before carving. Carve the ham into slices and serve.

EASY BAKED HAM WITH HONEY APRICOT GLAZE

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• Place the ham in a shallow roasting pan.
• In a bowl mix together honey, thawed concentrate, soy sauce, apricot jam, nutmeg and cloves; set aside.
• Bake the ham uncovered for 30 minutes, then remove from oven and pour the glaze over the ham.
• Cover loosley with foil.
• Return to oven and continue to bake until the ham is cooked through (about 1 to 1-1/2 hours more) basting occasionally with glaze.
• Slice ham and drizzle slices with glaze.

APRICOT GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place the ham in a roasting pan or 9X13 baking dish, cut side down.
• In a saucepan, combine the apricot preserves, dijon mustard, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves. Whisk ingredients together and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once it comes to a boil, remove it from heat.
• Brush 1/2 of the glaze over the ham. Make sure the glaze gets between the slices.
• Cover the pan tightly with foil so the ham doesn't dry out. Bake for 90 minutes or per the package instructions.
• Remove the ham from the oven and brush the remaining glaze on top. Save a little for serving if you like. Increase the oven temperature to 425°F. Return the ham to the oven uncovered. Bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until the ham gets a nice brown outer layer.
• Transfer the ham to a serving platter. Let the ham rest and slightly cool for 15 minutes before serving. Slice and serve with additional glaze if you saved some.

APRICOT AND HONEY HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Stir together the apricot jam, honey, hot English mustard, and orange marmalade in a bowl until the mixture is well combined.

BAKED HAM WITH HONEY APRICOT GLAZE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 325*
• 2. Place ham on rack in shallow roasting pan.
• 3. Stir together honey, orange juice concentrate soy sauce, jam nutmeg and cloves.
• 4. Bake ham for 30 minutes; pour glaze over ham and continue to baake until ham is heated through (about 2 1/2 hours) About 15-18 minutes per pound.

APRICOT GLAZED BAKED HAM FOR TWO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F
• Place ham on rack in open roasting pan, cut side facing down.
• Insert meat thermometer in the thickest, center part of the ham.
• Bake for about 2 hours.
• Drain pineapple; reserve syrup.
• In small saucepan, cook syrup, apricot preserves, dry mustard, allspice and nutmeg.
• Bring to a boil and continue boiling for about 10 minutes.
• Remove ham from oven and brush immediately with the glaze.
• Use toothpicks to secure pineapples around the ham. Secure a cherry in the center of each pineapple.
• Return ham to oven and bake 1 hour longer or until thermometer registers 160°F
• Brush with glaze one last time about 10 minutes before done.

APRICOT HONEY HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine all ham glaze ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Stir constantly, until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
• Spoon ham glaze over ham.
• Baste during the last 30 minutes of cooking.