9 of the best glazed ham recipes for your Christmas feast
They're a must-have for an Aussie Christmas feast. Here's how to make yours stand out from the crowd.
From sticky orange, cranberry, honey and everything in between, we are sharing some of the best-ever glazed Christmas ham recipes that will look amazing at your festive feast.
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Crackling ham
Crisp crackling ham makes a beautiful centrepiece for Christmas Day.
Baked ham with cranberry and redcurrant glaze
This celestial ham will be the winning centre-piece of your Christmas table.
Sweetly spiced by the whole cloves. The deliciously sticky glaze contrasts beautifully with the salty meat.
Baked ham with marmalade, mustard and brandy glaze
The traditional New Zealand Christmas dinner of a perfectly glazed ham, carrots, spuds and peas followed by a berry-packed and boozily indulgent trifle is still incredibly hard to beat!
Orange-glazed ham
This Christmas ham is glazed and covered in slices of orange and cloves to give its unique appearance and gorgeous citrus flavour.
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Asian-style baked ham
The delicious flavours of soy, sherry, sugar, honey, colouring, garlic and more make this a delectable centrepiece for your summer Christmas.
Blood-orange glazed ham
Make this stunning, sweet baked ham the centrepiece of your Christmas table.
Baked ham with cherry glaze
There’s no need to restrict baked ham to Christmas, this cherry-glazed baked ham makes a magnificent centrepiece for any party or celebration.
Marmalade-glazed ham
The Christmas table is not complete without a perfectly glazed ham.
Baked ham with redcurrant and balsamic glaze
Impress your guests and feast on this succulent baked ham with redcurrant and balsamic glaze, from Christmas through to New Year.
How to keep leftover Christmas ham in the fridge
The team at Australian Women’s Weekly Food says the biggest challenge with storing leftover Christmas ham is keeping the meat from drying out. For this reason, it’s important to only carve as much Christmas ham as you need during your meal, because meat left on the ham bone will stay juicy for longer than slices of carved meat.
To store ham on the bone it needs to be wrapped in a seasoned cloth. Ideally, a clean tea towel, a clean pillowcase, large piece of calico fabric, or a purpose-made ham bag. Rinse your cloth of choice in a solution of two cups white vinegar and two litres of water and allow it to dry before wrapping the whole ham in the fabric before storing in the fridge.
Of course, around Christmas it can be hard to find room in the fridge to accommodate a whole ham leg. If this is the case, you can remove the meat from the bone in large chunks and store, wrapped in plastic and then foil, in the fridge or freezer.
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Keep your delicious Christmas ham in the fridge and enjoy it past Christmas day.
