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The Easiest Maple Glazed Ham Recipe

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So although “maple” isn’t an overly festive ingredient but Christmas is DEFINITELY the time to cook hams. This glazed ham recipe is simply the easiest Christmas ham recipe you’ll find. It’s bound to bring a smile to everyone’s face.

I cooked this yesterday for a little family party and it disapeared super quickly. A good amount of the ham went straight away from my taste tests. Got to be thorough right? I mean what if the next slice didn’t
taste the same? Better to be safe than sorry! Plus.. chef’s perks…

This recipe boils the ham with some veg and a pinch of salt to give the cooking ham just the right amount of savory to accompany the lashings of sticky, sweet lushness that this maple gammon glaze offers.

In our family, we’re all major fans of the “crispy black bits” and will fight over it often. I’ve taken this Christmas ham to the edge for just that reason. Every slice promising crispy sticky bit and a lovely
marbled perfectly moist slice of baked ham goodness. This Sweet and savory baked ham is an absolute winner and one I’m thrilled to share!

The best thing is this maple glazed ham is just SO easy to make. There is no secret ingredient to this gammon glaze. It’s just maple syrup. Lots and lots of maple syrup.

The only thing I’m regretting is not having any leftovers to make some leftover ham recipes.

Maple Glazed Ham Recipe

 

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Easy Maple Glazed Ham

This beautifully sticky glazed ham is packed full of flavour!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Author Steve @ This Guy Cooks

Ingredients

  • 1 Large onion peeled and quartered
  • 1 Large Carrot top cut off, peel on
  • 3 Bay Leaves
  • Tsp. Black Peppercorns
  • Pinch Sea Salt
  • Uncooked & Unsmoked Gammon Joint - with skin on - Choose one that has a lot of fat
  • enough water to cover your gammon joint.
  • 300 ml Pure Maple Syrup

Instructions

  1. Prepare the carrot and onion. Wash, but don't worry about peeling the carrot.
  2. Place a large pot with a lid or cast iron casserole on a medium heat,
  3. Add the peppercorns and heat until they become very fragrant.
  4. Place your onion, carrot, bay leaves, salt and water into the pot and stir to make sure all the peppercorns are dislodged from the bottom.
  5. Place your gammon with any string in the center of the pot and cook for 20 minutes per 450g (1lb).
  6. Whack up the heat to high and wait to boil. Once it's reached a rolling boil turn down the heat and leave to simmer.
  7. About halfway through the cook preheat your oven to 190* (Gas 5)
  8. Once your ham has finished boiling, carefully remove from the pot and let cool slightly. This bit is gonna be a bit sticky. Remove the string and with a sharp utility or paring knife, remove the skin leaving as much of the fat as you can.
  9. Line a baking tray with foil (you'll thank me later) and once the skin has been removed, score the fat deeply in a criss-cross and place on the tray, fat side up.
  10. Pour about a third of the maple syrup gently over the ham, using a pastry brush to coat evenly.
  11. Place the ham in the oven and keep an eye until those delicious black bits begin to form. Remove the ham from the oven and as before brush the maple syrup all over, don't be afraid to dip the brush in the syrup on the bottom of the tray. By now this will have gone quite "treacle". This is all just flavour. Keep repeating this until you're satisfied the ham is how you want it. I like mine quite dark and sticky so I repeated this every 10 minutes and about 4 times. When you're finished, remove the ham from the tray and place on a plate. Add one final brush of the syrup from the bottom of the tray just for that extra glisten.
  12. You can carve this right away but be warned, you will try some and you'll keep going back for more.

 

 

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  10. Chastity says

    December 23, 2017 at 10:56 am

    Yes to this recipe. My dad cooks this all the time. And you’re right plenty of maple syrup for sure. Glad your family enjoyed have a merry Christmas.

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  21. Alecia says

    December 29, 2017 at 12:51 am

    I can certainly see why you’d be fighting over the dark bits, I would be too! I’m not a huge ham fan but maple makes everything better and I can’t wait to try this

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