Best 11 Apricot Glaze For Ham Recipes

APRICOT GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Score the fatty side of the ham with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern, spacing the lines about 1 inch apart. Insert whole cloves at the intersections, if desired. Place the ham in a shallow roasting pan and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake the ham in the preheated oven for about 90 minutes. About 10 minutes before the ham is finished, measure the apricot preserves into a small saucepan. Warm over medium heat until liquid, then remove from the heat and stir in the honey mustard.
• Brush the glaze onto the ham, and return to the oven, uncovered, and bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes, or until the glaze is nicely browned. Let the ham stand for about 10 minutes before carving and serving.

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.

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.

APRICOT-GLAZED 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. Combine brown sugar and mustard; rub over surface of ham. Insert a clove in the center of each diamond. , Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 1 hour. Spoon preserves over ham. Bake 15-30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 140° and ham is heated through.

APRICOT-GLAZED HAM STEAK

Steps:

• Place ham steak in a baking dish coated with cooking spray. Combine the remaining ingredients; spoon over ham. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 12-16 minutes or until heated through. Cut in half to serve.

APRICOT-GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place ham, fat cap facing up, in a large roasting pan. Fill bottom of pan with water to a depth of ½ an inch. Cover pan with aluminum foil. Bake in preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest portion of meat registers 120°F, about 2 hours, 30 minutes, basting every 30 minutes with accumulated juices in pan.
• Meanwhile, stir together preserves, mustard, and sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over medium, stirring occasionally, until mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover to keep warm, and set aside.
• Remove ham from oven; remove and discard foil. Brush ham with ½ cup of the apricot glaze. Return to oven and bake, uncovered, at 350°F until top is lightly caramelized and thermometer inserted into thickest portion of meat registers 140°F, about 40 minutes, brushing with ½ cup of the apricot glaze after about 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Transfer ham to a platter; tent with foil, and let rest 15 minutes. Reserve juices in pan.
• Whisk ½ cup reserved pan juices into remaining apricot glaze in saucepan until well combined. Serve ham alongside apricot-pan sauce.

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.

MAPLE APRICOT GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place the ham on the baking sheet.
• Stir together the jam, maple syrup, hot sauce, Dijon and pickle brine in a small pan over medium heat. Cook until everything is combined and the mixture is pourable, 2 to 3 minutes. Brush the mixture onto the ham, reserving any excess for a final glaze at the end.
• Bake, rotating and basting the ham with the glaze and juices every hour, until browned on top and warmed through, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Serve as mini sandwiches on the rolls with pickles.

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.

APRICOT-GLAZED SMOKED HAM

Steps:

• Position oven rack in bottom third of oven; heat to 3250 degrees; you'll need a shallow roasting pan.
• Cut off thick rind on ham to expose the fat layer underneath, leaving about 5 inches of the rind intact covering the narrow shank end.
• Using sharp knife, score fat in diamond pattern.
• Press 1 clove into center of each diamond.
• Place ham in roasting pan; pour water in pan.
• Cover loosely with heavy-duty foil.
• Roast ham 1 1/2 hours.
• Meanwhile, mix glaze ingredients.
• Remove ham from oven; brush with one-third of glaze.
• Continue to bake, uncovered 1 hour, brushing with remaining glaze every 20 minutes, or until internal temperature registers 160 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer.
• Let ham rest 20 minutes.
• Transfer to platter.
• Serve ham hot, warm or at room temperature.
• Plan ahead: Let ham come to room temperature, covered about 2 hours before baking.
• This will serve 8, with leftovers.

BAKED HAM WITH APRICOT GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Trim the rind from the ham and pare the fat layer to 1/4-inch thick.
• Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil (helps with cleanup later).
• Place a roasting rack in the roasting pan and place the ham on the rack.
• Cut lines at an angle across the ham about 1/4-inch deep, then turn the ham and repeat with the other side, so that it forms a diamond pattern.
• Push the pointed ends of the cloves into the intersections of these lines, but do not push it in totally.
• Mix the apricot nectar with the water and pour over the ham, and then sprinkle with the thyme leaves.
• Place the ham in the lower third of the preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes (or about 3 minutes per pound), basting with the pan juices every 10-15 minutes.
• To prepare the glaze, mix the preserves, bourbon, and mustard in a small saucepan and whisk until smooth.
• Cook over medium heat until the preserves melt, then remove from heat and set aside.
• When the ham is warmed through (at the 45 minute point), remove it from the oven and increase the oven temp to 450F.
• Spread all the glaze evenly over the ham, then sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the top of the glaze.
• When the oven is heated to 450F, return the ham to the oven, and bake for about 25-30 more minutes or until the ham becomes nicely caramelized from the glaze, but do not let it burn.
• Remove the ham from the oven and allow it to sit for about 15-20 minutes before carving.