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    Home » Recipes » Christmas Mains

    Finger Licking Peach and Bourbon Glazed Ham

    December 16, 2017 By Sara McCleary Updated May 4, 2021 - This post may contain affiliate links

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    Peach and bourbon glazed ham makes the perfect centerpiece for your Christmas or Easter table. A luscious sticky glaze that is finger licking delicious.

    A heavily glazed baked ham is a sight to behold. As much as I love ham it is the glaze that wins my heart. Last year I made a dark and stormy baked ham, which was a big success with readers. This year I kept the booze factor alive with some summer inspiration with peaches.

    It may sound strange to say that this peach and bourbon glazed baked ham is finger licking good. I tend to leave that one for chicken wings. But pieces of ham were carved and greedily picked off the plate while photographing this beauty.

    With fingers being meticulously licked till clean not wanting to waste a drop of that precious caramelised glaze. It’s just so tasty.

    If you have any issues finding peach jam, I have a great recipe for peach and bourbon jam which is perfect for this recipe.

    Sara xxx

    Peach and Bourbon Glazed Baked Ham makes the perfect centrepiece for your Christmas table.
    What's in this post
    • Perfectly Glazed Ham
    • Ingredients
    • Printable Recipe
    • More Ham Recipes

    Perfectly Glazed Ham

    For the perfectly glazed Christmas ham there are two factors to take into consideration, the ham’s fat layer and the glaze. The rendering of the fat layer with the glaze’s sugars caramelise together for a sticky deep glorious sheen.

    For all the tips and tricks to achieving the perfect ham every time please read my step by step guide on How to Cook a Ham.

    Peach and Bourbon Glazed Baked Ham makes the perfect centrepiece for your Christmas table.

    Ingredients

    This is an easy four ingredient ham glaze. It may only be four ingredients but the results are incredibly tasty.

    • Peach Jam: If you can't find peach jam in the store there is a link to a recipe in the introduction above. You could always substitute apricot in a pinch.
    • Brown Sugar: Gives the lovely deep caramelisation to the ham.
    • Lemonade: When I say lemonade I mean fizzy soda like Sprite or 7Up.
    • Bourbon: Use your favourite Kentucky style bourbon, or other bourbon of choice.
    Peach and Bourbon Glazed Baked Ham makes the perfect centrepiece for your Christmas table.

    Printable Recipe

    Peach and Bourbon Glazed Baked Ham makes the perfect centrepiece for your Christmas table.

    Peach and Bourbon Glazed Baked Ham

    Recipe Author: Sara McCleary
    Peach and Bourbon Glazed Baked Ham with it's sticky deep glaze makes the perfect centrepiece for your Christmas dinner table.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins
    Course Christmas, Main (entree)
    Cuisine American
    Servings 10 people
    Calories 29 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 2½ - 4 kg (5.5 - 8.8 lb) ham, semi bone-in
    • 250 grams (1 cup/8.8 oz) peach jam
    • 60 ml (¼ cup/2 fl oz) lemonade (the fizzy kind, eg; 7up or Sprite, not sugar free)
    • 60 ml (¼ cup/2 fl oz) bourbon
    • 2 tablespoons brown sugar

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven 180°C (360°F)
    • Remove skin from the ham by running a knife around the edge where skin meets ham. Then carefully run fingers between the skin and the fat layer to gently remove the skin from the ham. You want to keep as much of the fat on the ham as you can.
    • With a knife carefully score the fat layer in a diamond pattern. Try to avoid cutting into the meat of the ham, just score the fat.
    • Place ham in a baking dish and bake in over for 10 minutes. This allows the score marks in the fat to open up.
    • While the ham is in the oven make your peach and bourbon ham glaze.
    • In a medium bowl mix peach jam, lemonade, bourbon and brown sugar. Mix well until the sugar dissolves.
    • After the initial 10 minutes, open oven door and baste ham generously with glaze. Continue to baste the ham generously with glaze and released juices in the pan every 15 minutes for and hour to an hour 15.
    • The ham is ready when well browned, glossy and you have achieved some lovely charred pieces.

    Oven Temperatures

    All oven temperatures are fan forced.

    Measurement Notes

    All measurements are Australian metric standard. All measures are level, and cups are lightly packed unless specified. 1 teaspoon = 5ml / 1 tablespoon = 20mls / 1 cup = 250ml /4 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon.

    Recipe Notes

    GENERAL COOK’S NOTES
    All oven temperatures are for a conventional oven, if using fan forced lower the temperature by 20 Deg C (70 Deg F).
    All measurements are Australian tablespoons and cups. All measures are level, and cups are lightly packed unless specified;
    • 1 teaspoon equals 5ml
    • 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml (Nth America, NZ & UK use 15ml tablespoons)
    • 1 cup equals 250ml (Nth America use 237ml)
    • 4 teaspoons equals 1 tablespoon
    • I use the below unless specified in my recipes;
    Herbs are fresh | Vegetables are of a medium size | Eggs are roughly 60 grams in weight (large) 
    NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW IS A GUIDE ONLY

    NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

    The recipe's nutritional information is an approximation based on an online calculator. It is meant solely for reference purposes. If you're looking for precise details, be sure to double-check with your own research.

    Calories: 29kcalCarbohydrates: 4gSodium: 3mgSugar: 3gVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 2mg
    Did You Make This Recipe?I do a happy dance when people share how they went. Tag me on Instagram @bellyrumbles & #bellyrumbles

    More Ham Recipes

    You will find more glazed ham recipes in the Christmas Dinner Recipes category including my delicious old fashioned glazed ham recipe. Plus below are some of my favourite Christmas mains.

    • smoked turkey
      Smoked Turkey with Orange Maple Butter
    • brushing glaze on a ham
      10 Awesome Pineapple Ham Glaze Recipes
    • rum and coca cola glazed ham being carved
      Rum and Coke Glazed Ham - A Tasty Christmas Twist
    • Whole prosciutto wrapped turkey breast with tarragon citrus butter sliced on the table
      Prosciutto Wrapped Turkey Breast with Tarragon Citrus Butter
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    Port and Chocolate Christmas Cake »

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    1. Barbara

      December 15, 2020 at 12:18 am

      Would like to know the measurements in pounds and ounces

      Reply
      • Sara McCleary

        December 15, 2020 at 12:18 pm

        Hi Barbara
        I am slowly going through the process of updating our recipes to include US measurements for our American readers. With 11 years' worth of recipes it is a big job LOL! I have updated the recipe for you to include pounds and ounces, I hope this helps.
        Cheers, Sara

    2. Lucy

      January 18, 2020 at 7:06 pm

      5 stars
      We made this ham at Christmas, it was just perfect. Peach and bourbon is a great flavour combination.

      Reply
      • Sara McCleary

        February 19, 2020 at 2:13 pm

        Hi Lucy, thrilled to hear you made this ham for Christmas. It is one of my favourite flavour combos, peach and bourbon go so well together.

    3. Sheila

      December 28, 2017 at 2:32 am

      This looks really delicious. I have always been planning to prepare homemade ham. This post is very timely and I am excited. Will try to make one this weekend. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    4. Carol Goss

      December 18, 2017 at 10:44 am

      I live in Canada and our lemonade is different...its a flat drink....no bubbles.....does this recipe call for fizzy lemonade or would uncarbonated lemon suffice?

      Reply
      • Sara

        December 18, 2017 at 11:08 am

        Hi Carol, Such a great question and I will be adding this to the notes of the recipe. It's the fizzy kind, 7up or Sprite would work well.

      • Carol Anne Goss

        December 18, 2017 at 11:18 am

        Thanks so much for your quick reply. I will be using this recipe for Christmas ..i am sure it will be a big hit!

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