HAM GLAZES
SPICED HONEY & ORANGE
You’ll need
¾ cup orange juice
½ tsp nutmeg
1 cup honey
1 cup orange marmalade, sieved
¼ cup grand marnier or whisky
Method
Combine the orange juice, nutmeg, honey, orange marmalade and grand mariner into a small saucepan and heat over a low heat until ingredients have dissolved and continue to simmer until liquid is reduced by half.
Place the prepped ham into a large baking dish and brush with the glaze.
ORANGE MUSTARD
You’ll need
1 whole orange, zest and juice
1 whole orange cut in half and sliced. Remove pith and any seeds
60g Dijon mustard
150g brown sugar
300ml sweet red wine
Method
Place the orange zest, orange juice, Dijon mustard and brown sugar into a stainless steel bowl and mix well
Decorate the prepped diamond cut ham with the sliced oranges and the cloves.
Place the glazed ham in a baking dish and pour in the sweet wine around the ham
Carefully brush the glaze over the ham
Baste the ham with the whiskey glaze every 20 minutes.
BRANDIED CHERRY
You’ll need
500ml chicken stock
300g cherry jam
300g frozen red currents
100ml brandy
60ml apple cider vinegar
60g Dijon mustard
100ml maple syrup
freshly ground pepper
Garnishes: fresh cherries, fresh sage sprigs
Method
Place the prepped ham in a roasting pan and add ½ the chicken stock to pan.
Stir together the remaining chicken stock and the remaining ingredients in a saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, stirring constantly for 5 minutes or until mixture is slightly reduced.
Cover and chill half of cherry mixture until ready to serve.
Brush ham with half of cherry mixture.
PLUM & POMEGRANATE
You’ll need
1 cup pomegranate or black current juice
1 cup sugar
1 cup plum jam
1/2 tsp mixed spice
1 cup pomegranate seeds
Method
In a medium saucepan place the juice, sugar, plum jam and mixed spice. Bring to the boil stirring. Allow to simmer until liquid has reduced by half.
When serving decorate the ham with pomegranate seeds.
