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Double Smoked Ham With Spiced Orange Glaze Recipe

Make your next holiday meal even more special by serving this double-smoked ham with a spiced orange glaze. Also known as twice-smoked ham, this succulent piece of meat is reheated on the smoker for an extra flavor injection and then finished with a sticky, sweet glaze to make a holiday dinner the whole family is sure to love.

5.0 from 160 votes
245 mins
Total Time
12
servings
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Double Smoked Ham With Spiced Orange Glaze

How to Make the Best Double Smoked Ham With Spiced Orange Glaze

There’s nothing quite like the aroma of a beautiful smoked ham glazed with warm spices and citrus. This double smoked ham with spiced orange glaze is perfect for holiday meals and special family gatherings—it’s impressive enough for your most important dinners yet surprisingly simple to prepare.

The key to this recipe is the smoking process and the glaze timing. By reheating a pre-smoked ham in the smoker, you infuse it with even more deep, smoky flavor. The spiced orange glaze brings brightness and sophistication with its blend of warm spices like cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves combined with the tartness of orange juice. This recipe feeds a hungry crowd generously and requires only about 10 minutes of hands-on time—the smoker does the heavy lifting for you.

Whether you’re serving this for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or any special occasion, your guests will be impressed by the tenderness and flavor. The balance of smoky, sweet, and spiced elements makes this a showstopper dish that tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen, when really you spent most of it relaxing.

Double Smoked Ham With Spiced Orange Glaze

Double Smoked Ham With Spiced Orange Glaze

Make your next holiday meal even more special by serving this double-smoked ham with a spiced orange glaze. Also known as twice-smoked ham, this succulent piece of meat is reheated on the smoker for an extra flavor injection and then finished with a sticky, sweet glaze to make a holiday dinner the whole family is sure to love.

5.0 from 160 votes
CourseMain Dishes
CuisineAmerican
Keyworddouble smoked ham, smoked hamburgers, twice smoked ham
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time240 mins
Total Time245 mins
Servings12 servings
Calories453kcal
AuthorRare Ivy
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Ingredients

Main

Glaze

Instructions

Smoking the Ham

  1. Heat smoker to 225 degrees F. Place the ham on a wire rack on top of a foil-lined baking sheet, cut-side down.
  2. Insert a leave-in meat thermometer in the center of the ham, ensuring it doesn't touch the bone.
  3. Place the ham in the smoker with a water pan to keep the meat moist and close the lid. Smoke until the ham reaches an internal temperature of 130 degrees F.

Making the Glaze

  1. When the ham gets close to 130 degrees F, it's time to make the glaze.
  2. Stir together the dark brown sugar, orange juice, honey, Dijon mustard, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, allspice and cayenne pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  3. Bring the mixture to a boil and continue to boil for two to three minutes. Turn off heat.

Finishing

  1. Once the ham reaches 130 degrees F, pour half the glaze on the ham and use a pastry brush to coat the surface.
  2. After 10 minutes, repeat with the remaining half and let the ham come to 140 degrees F.
  3. Remove the ham from the smoker and tent with foil. Let the ham rest for 10-20 minutes and serve.
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