Holiday Ham with Honey Maple Glaze
A festive bone-in ham cooked in the pressure cooker in a spiced apple cider, honey and maple glaze, then finished under the broiler until caramelized.
⏱️ Prep: 5 min🍳 Cook: 22 min
Ingredients
| 0.5 cup | 120 ml | apple cider |
| 0.25 cup | 60 ml | honey |
| 0.25 cup | 60 ml | maple syrup |
| 0.25 cup | 60 ml | brown sugar |
| 2 tablespoons | 30 ml | orange juice |
| 2 tablespoons | 30 ml | pineapple juice (optional) |
| 0.5 teaspoon | 2.5 ml | ground cinnamon |
| 0.25 teaspoon | 1.3 ml | grated nutmeg |
| 1 pinch | ground cloves | |
| 4 pounds | 1.8 kg | bone-in ham |
Instructions
SERVINGS: 8-10 · READY IN: 27min · PREP TIME: 5min · COOK TIME: 22min
- Stir apple cider, honey, maple syrup, brown sugar, orange juice, pineapple juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together in inner steel pot of pressure cooker set to Sauté on Normal; cook, stirring frequently, until sugar and spices are dissolved and the sauce is warm, about 5 minutes.
- Gently lay ham into the sauce.
- Lock pressure cooker lid in place and turn steam vent handle to Sealing. Select Meat/Stew and cook for 10 minutes on High pressure.
- Set steam vent to Venting to quick-release pressure.
- Preheat oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Transfer ham from pressure cooker to prepared baking sheet.
- Press Sauté on pressure cooker. Cook liquid remaining in the pot until you have a thick and syrupy glaze, 4 to 6 minutes.
- Brush glaze onto ham.
- Bake glazed ham under preheated broiler until glaze is caramelized, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Transfer ham to a cutting board to slice. Arrange on a serving platter and drizzle glaze over the ham to serve.
Mealthy Tip: Cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves are a magical blend of spices that smell and taste like the holiday season. Just make sure you are using spices that haven't been sitting the back of your cabinet for the past 5 years! The flavor diminishes over time.
For more holiday-inspired recipes, you might enjoy: Pressure Cooker Cream of Extra Vegetables Soup, Holiday Sangria, Pressure Cooker Cranberry Sauce.