We love the look of 1950s-style pineapple-glazed ham, maraschino cherries and all, but not the cloying sweetness. We spiked the glaze for our retro-chic version with hot sauce and apple cider vinegar to cut through the sugar. For the best results, the ham should rest before slicing just like any other roast; a full hour is ideal, but 30 minutes will work.
Recipe information
Yield
8–12 servings
Ingredients
½
1
1
3
½
½
¼
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 300°. Stack 2–3 sheets of foil ample enough to cover ham on a work surface and arrange pineapple and orange slices on top in a single layer. Set ham on fruit (if using a bone-in ham and it has a fat cap, score very lightly, making cuts about ¾" apart) and wrap up tightly. Transfer to a wire rack set inside a large rimmed baking sheet and bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of ham registers 115°, 3–3½ hours for boneless, 3½–4 hours for bone-in.
Step 2
Meanwhile, bring pineapple juice, vinegar, brown sugar, and hot sauce to a boil in a large saucepan. Reduce heat; simmer, swirling occasionally, until thick enough to coat a spoon. Keep warm.
Step 3
Remove ham from oven and increase oven temperature to 425°. Unwrap ham, peeling back the foil so it covers the baking sheet (this will make for easy cleanup). Once oven is at 425°, baste ham with warm glaze and return to oven. Bake, brushing with more glaze every 3 minutes or so, until glaze is deeply browned and thermometer registers 125°, 12–15 minutes. Carefully transfer ham to a cutting board and let rest 30–60 minutes before slicing.
Step 4
While ham is resting, roast fruit, spooning juices over from time to time, until deeply browned, 20–25 minutes.
Step 5
Serve ham with roasted fruit and cherries alongside.
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Reviews (23)
Back to TopThis was the best ham I've ever made, If it loved me I would marry it and have millions of children!
John Fortnite
Fortnite lande
9/12/2022
This was the best ham I ever ate, if it loved me I would marry it and have millions of children!
John Fortnite
Fortnite lande
9/12/2022
Lean Jester read the recipe, this is for a non Country style Ham. Believe it or not some folks don't like Country Ham. NBSP of N.M. this recipe calls for it to be heated in an oven, not a Crockpot, that's probably why yours turned out a mess. The oven is normally that box like thing under the burners.
terry
St. Augustine
12/11/2021
It's an okay kind of city-Yankee receipe, but would never work with a "country" ham, which is what I grew up with. My mother was from the Gulf Coast, born in the Edwardian age. Hams were salt-cured, the other additions to the base cure varied from ham house/butcher. First, you soak your ham for 24 hours, this both hydrates the ham and gets rid of the cure, otherwise it's far too salty. Then you score the ham in a one-inch pattern, inserting a whole clove at each intersection. Bake in a slow oven (~300°F) on a rack, tented with aluminium foil. When the ham reaches 115°F, remove from oven, discard tent and increase oven to fast (~450°F). Drain pan juices in a graduate, add sugar (mom would use dark brown, I prefer turbinado) and fresh orange juice. Baste ham, return to oven un-covered, basting every ten minutes until it reaches 145°F. Let rest, use remaining glaze and juices to make a thin gravy thickened with cornstarch. Enjoy! Merry Christmas from Southern Virginia. ADDENDA: Using Coca-Cola in a glaze was in my mother's view, "an abomination before God." Many Southerners dis-agree. I've had it, it's okay, and I wasn't struck by either lightning or a ghostly spoon. Pre-cooked hams: bah. Just get a canned Westphalian ham and be done with it. Pre-sliced hams: Gentlemen learn to carve. 'Nuff said.
Leon Jester
South Central Virginia
12/10/2021
Yummmmm
Anonymous
12/10/2021
I made this last year for Christmas and it was a perfect compliment to the whole meal. I'm making it again this year and am really looking forward to it! The glaze smells very acidic while it's cooking so it made me nervous, but once I started basting the ham and saw it build I got very excited. I like to make slightly deeper cuts so the glaze gets deeper in the ham-- it's only what you broil that gets a nice sticky glaze. Take your time with this step, you won't be sorry.
Amanda D.
West Virginia
11/24/2021
Made this for Easter and it was a hit! The glaze was smelly (bc of the ACV) and took a long time to reduce but it was worth it! I used fresh pineapple sliced the day before and it did not turn the ham to mush. I used the bone and leftover ham to make soup and the sweetness made the brodo sooo good. Will definitely make this every year.
SK
Philadelphia, PA
4/10/2021