smoked spiral cut ham with homemade apple cider mustard glaze cooked on pit boss wood pellet grill served in metal roasting pan on holiday table

Cider-Glazed Spiral Ham

Cider-Glazed Spiral Ham

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Category Pork Holiday Season Easter Thanksgiving Christmas Dinner
Servings 8
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours

Family dinner just isn't the same without a smoked spiral ham on the table. Made with a homemade apple cider and honey mustard glaze, this spiral ham recipe is perfectly sweet, smoky, and cider-y, and is best served with friends and family during your next holiday meal.

Pro tip: For accurate internal temperature tracking, insert a meat probe into the thickest part of the ham without touching any of the bone. 

Author:
Pit Boss Kitchen
smoked spiral cut ham with homemade apple cider mustard glaze cooked on pit boss wood pellet grill served in metal roasting pan on holiday table

Ingredients

  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup apple cider
  • 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup honey mustard
  • 1/4 cup habanero honey mustard, optional
  • 1 pre-cooked spiral cut ham

Special Tools

  • Roasting Pan

Directions

  1. To make the glaze, add sugar, cider, and vinegar to a small pot and heat until sugar is dissolved over medium heat.
  1. Remove from heat, whisk in mustards, and set aside.
  1. Preheat pellet grill or smoker to 275°F
  1. Unwrap the ham and place in a shallow roasting pan.
  1. Add 1/2 of your homemade glaze to the ham, making sure to cover the whole ham and place the pan on an upper rack of the grill.
  1. Using a spoon or brush, baste the ham every 20 minutes with excess glaze from the pan until the ham reaches an internal temperature of 140°F, about 5 hours.
  1. Serve immediately.

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