Marmalade Glaze for Ham
A simple Marmalade Glaze for Ham will give your ham a “kick.” This glaze recipe is made from scratch, with orange juice, orange marmalade, Dijon mustard, dried fruit, and other delicious spices. It’s unique and wonderful drizzled over a spiral ham and reheated to perfection.
If you love honey glazed ham, then you’ll enjoy our special glaze with a spiral ham for Easter dinner! For winter, it’s also tasty for Christmas! We’ve changed it up from year to year for the holidays, serving lamb or duck, and but a honey glazed ham is always our favorite! It’s not too spicy, but sweet, with a “kick” that makes the flavors of the ham come alive!
Glazing a ham adds a sweet and tangy flavor with that special final touch, if you want to wow your guests. It’s especially wonderful with a smoked ham, but overall, it’s just a great addition to the salty flavor of ham! We used an 8 pound spiral ham for our recipe, but this glaze pairs well with type of ham.
Thirty minutes before ham is done, spoon half of sauce over the ham and continue to bake. With remaining sauce, follow directions and serve on the side!
Can you use marmalade to glaze a ham?
Yes, marmalade really adds to the glaze to make it sweet, along with mustard spices! We used orange marmalade, but any flavor or sweet jam works.
Gather these ingredients
- Spiral ham: we bought an 8 pound ham
- Jar of marmalade (we used orange)
- Hot or sweet mustard
- Spices: dried ginger, allspice, cardamom
- Mixed dried fruit, such as cranberries, apricots, etc:, finely chopped
- Orange juice
How do you make a marmalade glaze for ham?
- Bake ham according to package directions.
- Make the glaze: Mix together marmalade, mustard, ginger, allspice, cardamom, and dried fruit in a small bowl.
- Thirty minutes before ham is done, remove from the oven and spoon half of sauce over the ham and return to oven. Bake until the ham is done.
- With the remaining mixture, put in a small pan add the orange juice. Bring to a boil, then turn down to low and simmer for about 5 minutes. Serve the sauce on the side along with the ham.
Is a spiral ham easy for Easter Brunch?
Our recipe is so easy! Prepare the glaze ahead, bake the ham, and prepare the side dishes for the best Easter brunch. These recipes are excellent to serve with ham:
- Ricotta Lemon Basil Honey Bruschetta – appetizer
- Baked Lemon Pistachio Brie – appetizer
- Fruit Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing – salad
- Cauliflower Bacon Gratin – a MUST TRY side dish
- Potato-Fennel Gratin Recipe – side dish
- Asparagus with Shaved Parmesan for Easter Brunch – side dish
- Old-Fashioned Cinnamon Rolls – make a day or 2 ahead
- Easy Dinner Rolls – RecipeGirl
- 5-Ingredient Frozen Strawberry Royale Dessert – dessert (easy, make-ahead)
- Peach Upside Down Cake – dessert, serve warm with whipped cream
- Strawberry Coconut White Chocolate Upside Down Cake – warm with whipped cream
- Banana Split Dessert – dessert, easy make ahead!
Tips and substitutions:
Where do you buy a ham? We have purchased spiral hams from Costco (probably my favorite), Harry & David, and Honey Baked Ham.
It is recommended to to remove the ham from the fridge about one hour before baking.
How long do you cook a ham?
| Spiral cut, whole or half | 7-9 lbs | 10-18 min per pound |
How do you store leftover ham? We store it in the fridge in covered container for up to 5 days.
Should I cover my spiral ham with foil? Place the ham cut-side down in a baking pan. Cover the ham with foil or use a baking bag to heat up the ham until it’s time to glaze.
Other glaze ingredients: Brown sugar, honey, maple syrup.
Check out these ham leftover recipes while you are here:
- Great Northern Bean Ham Soup Recipe
- Red Lentil Carrot Ham Soup Recipe
- Ham Quinoa Stuffed Peppers with Peas!
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Marmalade Glaze for ham
Ingredients
Instructions
- Bake ham according to package directions.
- Mix together marmalade, mustard, ginger, allspice, cardamom, and dried fruit in a small bowl.
- Thirty minutes before ham is done, remove from the oven and spoon half of sauce over the ham and return to oven. Bake until the ham is done.
- With the remaining mixture, put in a small pan add the orange juice. Bring to a boil, then turn down to low and simmer for about 5 minutes. Serve the sauce on the side along with the ham.
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Wow this sounds so good! I’m hosting a very late Friendsgiving this weekend and was trying to think of a different recipe than what everyone just ate. This glaze is the perfect answer. Thanks again!
wow, thank you for all of these links to recipes, very inspiring, and for the glaze, the mustard is nice too and not too sweet, just right, I need something when eating ham it’s just too dry for me so thank you
This looks wonderful!
Yum. sounds wonderful. We are doing ribs this year (from costco). :)