Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham
This slow cooker gammon is a real festive treat with warming ginger and a sticky orange glaze.
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NutritionPer Serving
- Calories250
- Carbs13g
- Protein24g
- Fat11g
- Saturates3.4g
- Sugars10g
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This Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham was a Boxing Day staple in our house when we were growing up and our slimming friendly version has all of the flavours but with fewer calories.
Cooked in a ginger ale and orange juice liquor and spiced with warming ginger, this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham is a real festive treat.
As it’s cooked in the slow cooker, it means that you can just throw all of the ingredients in in the morning and then leave it to cook while you get on with your day. Simple finish it in the oven to get that really lovely sweet and sticky glaze, and you’re guaranteed to impress your guests!
We don’t recommend reheating this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham as it can really affect the quality of the meat and cause it to become really tough and dry, but it is absolutely delicious when served cold the next day as part of a buffet or in sandwiches.
This Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham is a great alternative to our Slow Cooked Christmas Turkey Joint when served on Christmas Day if you fancy a change. You can also visit our Christmas recipes collection to find more options for your Christmas dinner like our Beef Wellington recipe.
What diets is this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham suitable for?
This Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham is suitable for gluten free and dairy free diets.
Please make sure to double or triple check all of your ingredients if you’re cooking for people with allergies.
Do you need any special ingredients to make this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham?
We’ve used slim ginger ale instead of ginger beer in this recipe as it’s lower in calories. You should be able to find this in your local supermarket.
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You’ll need a slow cooker to cook this recipe – it’s super convenient as you can just throw your ingredients in and come home to a delicious, ready made dinner!
We love serving our Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham on a really nice serving plate like this one.
How many calories are in this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham?
There are 250 calories per portion in this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham which means it falls into our Everyday Light category.
This Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham is perfect if you’re following a calorie controlled diet and fits well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.
As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.
Step 1
Add the gammon joint to a slow cooker and pour over the ginger ale and orange juice. If the gammon is still showing from the top of the liquid then top it up with water until it is covered.
Step 2
Add the ginger, peppercorns, cloves, star anise, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and the quartered orange.
Step 3
Set the slow cooker to medium and cook for 5 1/2 hours.
Step 4
Once the gammon is cooked, lift it out onto a piece of foil set in a roasting tin and wrap the foil loosely round to contain the gammon. Preheat the oven to 200ºC and allow the gammon to rest whilst preparing the glaze. Discard the cooking liquor.
Step 5
In a small saucepan add the glaze ingredients and heat to a simmer. Allow the glaze to reduce down for 3 minutes until it is thickened and sticky.
Step 6
Pour half of the glaze over the gammon, allowing it to run down the sides and place in the oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes pour over the rest of the glaze and pop back into the oven for another 10 minutes.
Step 7
Remove the gammon from the oven and allow it to rest before you try to cut it as it will fall apart if it is too hot.
Step 8
Serve as part of your roast dinner.
What could I serve with this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham?
This Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham is the perfect centrepiece for your Sunday roast or Christmas dinner and works really well with any of the following accompaniments:
How do you know when this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham is cooked?
This recipe will take around 5 and a 1/2 hours in the slow cooker on a medium setting.
You’ll then need to bake the glaze in the oven for around 20 minutes in total or until it’s sticky and slightly caramelised.
Standard advice here in the UK is to cook food until it has reached 70°C and stayed at that temperature for 2 minutes. This is to keep your family safe.
How long can you keep this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham in the fridge?
Once you’ve put it out, ideally you should eat it within 4 hours.
If you allow any leftovers to cool, make sure to refrigerate in a container with a lid and chill. You can keep leftovers of this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham in the fridge for approximately 3 days or so.
Can I freeze this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham?
If you really wanted to, then you could freeze this recipe in slices and reheat it – it’s perfectly safe to eat like this in line with NHS guidelines – but we wouldn’t advise it as it can dry the meat out and make it really tough.
How do I reheat this Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham?
This Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham is delicious when enjoyed cold as part of a festive buffet or in sandwiches.
We don’t recommend reheating it as it can go very tough and dry.
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Ginger and Orange Glazed Ham
This slow cooker gammon is a real festive treat with warming ginger and a sticky orange glaze.
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Prep Time
5 MINS
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Cook Time
5 HR 45
- KCals 250
- Carbs 13G
Instructions
- Add the gammon joint to a slow cooker and pour over the ginger ale and orange juice. If the gammon is still showing from the top of the liquid then top it up with water until it is covered.
- Add the ginger, peppercorns, cloves, star anise, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and the quartered orange.
- Set the slow cooker to medium and cook for 5 1/2 hours.
- Once the gammon is cooked, lift it out onto a piece of foil set in a roasting tin and wrap the foil loosely round to contain the gammon. Pre-heat the oven to 200ºC and allow the gammon to rest whilst preparing the glaze. Discard the cooking liquor.
- In a small saucepan add the glaze ingredients and heat to a simmer. Allow the glaze to reduce down for 3 minutes until it is thickened and sticky.
- Pour half of the glaze over the gammon, allowing it to run down the sides and place in the oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes pour over the rest of the glaze and pop back into the oven for another 10 minutes.
- Remove the gammon from the oven and allow it to rest before you try to cut it as it will fall apart if it is too hot.
- Serve as part of your roast dinner.
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NadineThursday 4th January 2024
Hi I would love to try this but my slow cooker isn’t big enough can I do in casserole dish in oven if so what timings would you recommend
HollyMonday 5th February 2024
Hey Nadine, we have a slow cooker conversion guide HERE which has a time and temperature conversion guide and includes oven temperatures too, hope that helps!
EmmaFriday 28th April 2023
Would this work on a turkey joint instead? If so do I need to adjust the cooking time?
SharonWednesday 17th May 2023
Hi Emma, we think orange and ginger flavours would work well with a turkey joint. We have a slow cooker turkey joint recipe here Slow Cooker Christmas Turkey Joint that you can look at to see what weight of turkey joint to use in a slow cooker, cooking time required and general advice on cooking turkey in the slow cooker. Do hope this helps!
KateSaturday 4th September 2021
I don’t have a slow cooker, can you recommend how to cook in the oven please?
HollyMonday 6th September 2021
Hey Kate, Instead of adding to the slow cooker add to a large saucepan and cook on a low heat for 2 1/2 hours. Then follow steps 4-8 as the recipe is written. Hope that helps!
KerrySaturday 21st August 2021
Hi looking to do this receipt for Xmas day is the cloves in the receipt ground cloves or garlic cloves?
Thanks
HollyTuesday 31st August 2021
Hi Kerry, we used whole cloves in the cooking liquor hope that helps!
Julie MannSunday 20th December 2020
Hi, I’d love to try this recipe but my slow cooker only has high and low settings, not medium so how long should I cook it for please?
HollyMonday 21st December 2020
Hey Julie, have a look HERE at our slow cooker conversion article it includes a handy time conversion chart. Hope that helps!
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