Riesling Peach Glazed Ham has a perfectly sweet, crunchy outside, and a tender, savory inside. You’ll be the star of the party when you unveil this amazing baked ham at the dinner table. Everyone will be begging for more!
This Riesling Peach Glazed Ham Recipe is a beautifully caramelized baked ham with peach brown sugar glaze.
I always forget about ham for Sunday dinner. Chicken, beef, all the usual stuff, but I always forget about ham. The Real Housemoms recently posted a photo of their Riesling and Peach Ham that had me drooling.
The photo alone had me tasting a sweet, but slightly crunchy sugar crust on buttery ham. So I made the recipe for a recent dinner party and my guests were WOWED!
My ham is was twice the size from the original recipe, merely because it was the only size my grocer had, so I doubled the glaze and made a few minor adjustments. I mean, look at this beautiful bark! Don’t you just want to reach out and grab a bite from the screen?
Not sure how to bake ham? Just place your ham on a roasting pan and brush the ham with your peach glaze. Put it in the oven to bake for 2 hours and baste every 20-30 minutes.
When you noticed the ham starting to brown place a piece of aluminum foil loosely on top for the remainder of cooking time. You don’t want that pretty bark to burn!
Riesling Peach Glazed Ham would make the perfect Easter dinner, but is also ideal for any Sunday supper. Perfect for feeding a crowd and makes a killer ham and cheese sandwich for leftovers.
Because I am a total food nerd, here are a few fun facts about ham. Perfect for dinner table discussion or that one hammy question on Jeopardy.
- There are 13,000+ people in the United States that have the last name “Ham”.
- National Ham Day is April 15th, also tax day!
- Country ham is characterized by being hand rubbed with salt, sugar and nitrate and packed in the curing ingredients. It is generally smoked and much drier and saltier than other styles of ham.
- Chicago artist Dwight Kalb made a statue of Madonna from 180 pounds of ham.
- Forms of ham are present in nearly every cultural food around the world since pigs are easy to raise, require little grazing area and produce a lot of meat. The names of ham, however, differ from culture to culture.
More easy ham recipes:
Tools for making Riesling Peach Glazed Ham:
Roasting Pan
– Use for hams, prime rib, roasting a chicken and more!
Heavy Bottom Saucepan
– Every kitchen needs one. Having a heavy bottom means that heat is more evenly distributed.
Carving Knife
– You might not use a carving knife often, but you’ll be glad you have one when you do need it. This one is my favorite and cuts through roasts like butter.
Riesling Peach Glazed Ham
Ingredients
- 6-8 lb bone-in ham pre-cut ham
- 1 1/2 cups Riesling wine or other sweet white wine
- 3 springs fresh thyme
- 1 shallot minced
- 2 1/2 cups cups peach preserves (18 ounce jar)
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup stone ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a roasting pan with elevated rack, lightly coating it with cooking spray.
- In a medium saucepan, bring riesling, thyme and shallot to a simmer for approximately 10 minutes, or until the mixture starts to reduce.
- Remove thyme stalks and stir in peach preserves, brown sugar, stone ground mustard and salt, continue to heat for an additional 4-5 minutes. Mixture should be liquid, but lumpy and sticky.
- Brush half of peach glaze over ham, making sure to get into all of the nooks.
- Bake for 2 hours, basting with remaining peach glaze every 20-30 minutes.
- When top starts to brown and crust, loosely place a piece of aluminum foil over top (approximately 1 hour to 90 minutes into cooking).
- Remove and allow to rest for 10 minutes before completing the carving and serving.
- Let stand 15 minutes before slicing and serving
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
I’ve been making this recipe for years. It is the center of every holiday meal. For the first 30 minutes I do 400-450 Toto get a good caramelization of the fat going. Other than that, the recipe as it is perfect!
Yum! Thanks for stopping by to let us know!
This was the BEST ham I’ve ever made, or had for that matter. It made the whole house smell wonderful and was a fabulous hit with all my family. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Yay!!!! We love to hear that- thank you for coming by to let us know. It makes me smile. Happy holidays!
What is the correct amount for the peach preserves it says 2 1/2 once cups.
Hi Josh, thanks for catching that, we just changed our recipe card and there are some small errors. 2 1/2 cups is correct, which is about an 20 ounce jar. If you find an 18 ounce jar, that will do as well.
I saw wine and I was already all about this recipe. This sounds like such a delicious, interesting way to make ham!
The glazed ham looks awesome. Not tried peach glaze; does it make the skin crunchy?
Nope, not crunchy skin on this one.
I think I understand everything except “2 1/2 ounce cups…” Two cups that are 1/2 ounce in size? Wouldn’t that be one, one ounce cup?
Also, a 1/2 cup of mustard seems like a lot.
And, steps 3 and 4 seem redundant.
It does look and sound wonderful, but as I am not an expert cook, I think I will seek some additional advice.
Hi Tom, I somehow missed this comment, so sorry! I just changed my recipe format and when I did, some things didn’t translate, so I I’ll go take a look and update it. The 1/2 cup mustard is actually correct- you are working with a big ham here!
I think I understand everything except “2 1/2 ounce cups…” Two cups that are 1/2 ounce in size? Wouldn’t that be one, one ounce cup?
Also, a 1/2 cup of mustard seems like a lot.
And, steps 3 and 4 seem redundant.
It does look and sound wonderful, but as I am not an expert cook, I think I will seek some additional advice.
Oh wow that looks delicious! I’m going to pin this and try it out.
I am drooling right now, this looks SO GOOD! Beautiful pictures too!
Sounds delicious! And different from all those brown sugar hams!
Wow there were two posts about ham on the Bloggers’ Community on Facebook and now I am so hungry for ham I can almost taste it! This looks so yummy!
I just snagged a ham at the grocery store yesterday because I was thinking that we don’t have ham often enough for Sunday dinner. The peaches and riesling seem like a perfect match!
I love everything about this recipe! Pinning for later!
Looks great! Am going to save the recipe. Thanks!
very yummy! This looks so tasty! I’m drooling at all the Hams I’m seeing around ;o) pinned!
Looks like such a tasty and easy recipe to prepare. I will consider this for Easter dinner this year.
My first thought was Easter, too. This looks absolutely perfect!
I just want to reach through the screen and take a slice! The flavors sound perfect!
This sounds fantastic and just in time for Easter menu planning! I think wine is so versatile in cooking (and often overlooked). This is a great idea!
This recipe sounds and looks heavenly! My cousin is having her baby today and this will be great to take over to them for when she returns home. They both loooove ham!
That is so thoughtful of you Dawn!