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What’s better than spiral ham? Bacon-glazed spiral ham, of course. It’s spiral-ham-sale-time here, so I backed up the truck and grabbed a nice big smoked ham. Of course, they’re easy to reheat. And just as easy to glaze during the last 30 minutes. The bacon glaze adds a bit more smokiness, but also some sweetness, a little tartness and a little tang thanks to two different kinds of mustard. I don’t usually use the bag of glaze that comes with many hams. It kinda scares me, to tell the truth. I’d rather use something that I made at home so I know what’s in it!
A Great Tasting Glaze
You can substitute pretty much any jelly you want in place of the Creole mustard, but I’d stay away from ‘darker’ ones, such as blueberry or the like. Go for lighter colors. And don’t be afraid to use a spicy jelly such as jalapeno pepper jelly. You may also want to double the amount of bacon-glaze, serving any leftover glaze as a drizzle over the sliced ham when you serve it. Bacon-glazed spiral ham is a wonderful thing and more glaze is… more wonderful!
Also try my cherry-glazed spiral ham. My pepper onion beer sauce makes for a great topping for ham!
Bacon-Glazed Spiral Ham
Ingredients
- 1 7-8 pound smoked spiral ham
For the glaze
- 8 slices bacon
- ½ cup apple jelly
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon Creole mustard
Instructions
- Warm ham in oven per package instructions.
- During the last 30 minutes of cooking, apply glaze liberally every 10 minutes.
- Let rest 10 minutes before serving.
For the glaze
- Cook the bacon until crispy in a large skillet.
- Remove the bacon and all of the grease but keep the yum-yum bacon bits that remain in the pan.
- Return pan to the stove over low heat.
- Add the jelly and allow it to melt.
- Whisk in the honey and the mustards. Remove from heat until ready to glaze the ham.
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
I don’t understand. What do I do with the bacon I removed from the pan? Eat it? Dice it up and put it back into the Jelly?
Hi Joe. Yeah, I can see where that’s not so clear. I used the bacon to flavor the jelly and did not add it back into the pan. You probably could, but you’re talking pretty crunchy bits at that point. If anything, I’d say leave it out of the pan, and if you want, crumble a bit and sprinkle over the ham after glazing. You could always just save it to top a salad or baked potato!
Regards and enjoy,
Mike