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Our best Christmas ham recipes to impress

Win over your guests slice by slice with these best Christmas ham recipes.
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Look no further, we have your Christmas ham recipe sorted. A glistening glazed ham is the festive table showstopper that’s guaranteed to win over your guests, slice by slice.

We’ve got all your bases covered: our favourite ham glazed recipes, with honey, pineapple or whisky flavours, or give our trusty marmalade glazed ham.. Or perhaps you’re after a honey and mustard baked ham recipe? Or, for a ham that is less conventional, we especially love Victor Long’s char siu-glazed ham, with a glaze that’s a happy melding of Cantonese and Christmas flavours.

Still in need of that seasonal leg for Christmas dinner? Our list of the best Christmas hams still available will help save the day. Get in quick though, it’s brush hour.

Here are our best Christmas ham recipes to make this festive season.

Photo: John Paul Urizar

How to master your Christmas ham glaze

Photo: Con Poulos

Amaretto and cherry-glazed ham with pistachio and herb crust

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Victor Liong’s char siu-glazed leg ham

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Whole glazed ham with roasted figs

Photo: William Meppm

Guy Grossi’s honey-glazed ham

Herb and pine nut-crusted roast ham (at right)
PHoto: Ben Dearnley

Golden ale and honey-glazed easy-carve ham

Whiskey-glazed ham with preserved cherries
Photo: Chris Chen

Whiskey-glazed ham with preserved cherries

Photo: William Meppem

Peach and bourbon-glazed ham with fresh peach relish

PHoto: William Meppem

Cola-glazed ham, creamy potato and egg salad, and pickled onion

Pineapple and rum glazed Christmas ham with tomato sambal
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Tony Tan’s pineapple and rum glazed Christmas ham with tomato sambal

Whisky and honey-glazed ham
Photo: Kara Rosenlund

Fleet’s whisky-and-honey-glazed ham

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Orange-glazed ham with potato and parsley salad

Oak-smoked ham with quince glaze
Photo: William Meppem

Oak-smoked ham with quince glaze

Photo: William Meppem

Justin North’s glazed ham in a bag

Photo: William Meppem

Baked ham with pineapple and star anise glaze

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Glazed ham with pickled watermelon rind

PhotoO: William Meppem

Ham baked in hay with roast carrot and barley salad

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Spice-crusted ham with mango salsa

Herb and pine nut-crusted roast ham (at right)
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Herb and pine nut-crusted roast ham

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How to carve and store your Christmas ham

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Josh Niland’s Boxing Day omelette

Photo: Alicia Taylor

Makrut lime, lemongrass and cider glazed ham

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