Ham with Pineapple Glaze

A person lifts a spoon of pineapple ham glaze sitting next to a roasted ham

5 from 64 votes

Hams are an affordable, yet special centerpiece for any holiday meal. This Ham with Pineapple Glaze features salty umami from soy and sweetness from a combination of pineapple and brown sugar. Whether you're using this easy recipe to celebrate Easter, Christmas or any time in between, this Pineapple Glazed Ham is an excellent protein for any occasion.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1 20

Total Time1 35

Course: Holiday, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: ham recipe, holiday, holiday recipe

Servings: Servings

Calories: 578kcal

Author: Aline Shaw

Ingredients

5-8 pounds bone-in spiral ham
6 sprigs of fresh thyme
2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white wine divided
10 whole cloves or more to taste
6 ounces of pineapple juice
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 bay leaf

Pineapple Serving Sauce

1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons of all purpose flour
1 20oz can of crushed pineapple in juice
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
1/2 cup of pan drippings*
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325F/165C.
Place the ham in a roasting pan and cover with foil. Bake until 100-110F/37-43C in the center (approximately 10-14 minutes per pound). This should take about 1 hour and 20 minutes for an 8 pound ham.
Meanwhile, make the pineapple glaze.
In a small sauce pan add 1/2 cup of the wine, and the herbs and bring to a boil. Then, remove the herbs (but reserve them) and add the soy, pineapple juice, cloves sugar and butter. Boil until syrupy.
After about an hour, or 3/4 of the way, remove the foil and increase the oven temperature to 350F/176C and pour the remaining 1/3 cup of wine and the herbs to the roasting pan. Let it cook the rest of the way through until it gets to 110F/43C internal temp.
Then, flip the ham up and brush 1/3 of the glaze over the ham and increase the temperature again to 400F/205C. Cook another 30 minutes, brushing the remaining glaze every 10 minutes (until you get to 140F/60C internal temperature).
Remove the ham from the oven and brush again with glaze. Transfer to a serving platter and let it rest 15 minutes before serving.
In the meantime make the serving sauce by combining all the ingredients into a sauce pan and cooking until syrupy.

Bom Apetite!!

Notes

*Concerned about the saltiness of the serving sauce? Use half a cup of the drippings with half a cup of water, or just go for a full cup of water. I recommend doing it this way if you're sensitive to salt because the ham is salty and so is soy sauce used in the glaze.

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