An easy peasy Easter Ham recipe, great for smaller gatherings. Perfectly cooked ham with a sweet and tangy blackberry glaze, so good!
Why This Easter Ham Recipe Is So Good
- Easy to make
- Perfect for smaller Easter gatherings, no need to buy a huge ham!
- A delicious and tangy glaze.
- Easy to scale up or down depending on guests.
Ingredients
- Ham steaks
- Cooking oil
- Butter
- Blackberry jam
- White rum
- Packed brown sugar
How To Make This Easter Ham Recipe – Step by Step
- To make the blackberry rum glaze, heat a small saucepot over medium-low heat. Add the butter and when melted, add the blackberry preserves, rum and brown sugar. Stir well. Let the mixture bubble a bit and then add the fresh blackberries. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Heat a frying pan over high heat until very hot. Add the oil and swirl to coat. Lay the ham steaks in the pan and sear for 2 minutes each side.
- Serve the ham steaks with a drizzle of the blackberry rum sauce.
An Easy Easter Ham Recipe
I’ve been in the kitchen, pretending it’s Easter and cookin’ up some fantastic ham recipes. The first recipe that I want to share is a Easter ham dinner for 2 people. My in-laws are always asking for recipes scaled down for two, so this Easter Ham Recipe with Blackberry Rum Glaze perfect one for them.
Instead of buying a big gigantic ham – which, for 2-4 people would last them probably 3 years – buy individual ham steaks. I like to give the ham steaks a good sear on both sides and then top it off with a fruity, rum-y glaze.
A Fruity Glaze For Ham
Why glaze? Consider that ham is cured pork, and the process of curing mainly involves the use of salt (usually in the form of brine) as a preservative. Sugar is also used in curing, as is smoke. But mainly it’s salt, which means that when it comes to seasoning, ham mostly tastes like salt. Which makes glazing the primary way for you to add other flavors to your ham to balance out the salt.
The fruit adds sweetness and some tartness, and for an even kickier glaze, you can stir in some mustard, vinegar, and/or some dried chili flakes.
What To Serve With This Easter Ham Recipe
Because so many of you asked in the comments, the side dish that I have is zucchini and carrot strands, the work so well and make with a like but tasty side.
OMG
I can’t believe I’m about to do this, but we’re going to whip back in time and I’m gonna link back to a vintage Steamy Kitchen post for that recipe.
This is from a time long, long ago, before I even knew how to use a camera.
There, I’m giving you a warning.
Be prepared.
It’s hideous.
The zucchini spaghetti looks alien.
But feel free to add in some other sides too like these roasted garlic mashed potatoes – yum!
Top Tips For This Easter Ham Recipe
- Make sure to let your glaze bubble for a bit before adding the blackberries
- To know when your ham is cooked, press the tip of your index finger to the tip of your thumb. The fleshy area below the thumb should give quite a bit.
- For an even kickier glaze, you can stir in some mustard, vinegar, and/or some dried chili flakes.
- Serve with zoodles, steamed greens or mashed potatoes.
More Ham Recipes
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Blackberry Rum Glazed Ham Recipe
Ingredients
- 2-4 boneless ham steaks about 1/2-inch thick - or one for each person
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil olive, vegetable, canola or peanut
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup blackberry preserves or jam
- 1/8 cup white rum
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup fresh blackberries
Instructions
- To make the blackberry rum glaze, heat a small sauce pot over medium-low heat. Add the butter and when melted, add the blackberry preserves, rum and brown sugar. Stir well. Let the mixture bubble a bit and then add the fresh blackberries. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Heat a frying pan over high heat until very hot. Add the oil and swirl to coat. Lay the ham steaks in the pan and sear for 2 minutes each side.
- Serve the ham steaks with a drizzle of the blackberry rum sauce.
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Tasteful recipe. We are not sure if we can use spanish or iberico ham for it? What do you think? Thanks and congrats for the blog 🙂
Stupid Question. But I am very particular. I can’t find Blackberry Jam or preserves anywhere! What kind of jam can I use instead, while still using the blackberry fruit? Will using red raspberry jam be just as good?
Please answer.
yes, you can use raspberry jam – I also like mango and plum!
Thanks for replying. I’ll use the raspberry. Love the blog. I’m making it on Sunday. I will keep you posted on how it was. Can’t Wait!
Ended up not getting any blackberries either, so I just blueberried the entire thing on pork chops… VERY YUMMY!
Thank you for an amazing recipe. Can’t wait to try something else from you!
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oh god! that looks so yummy! cant wait to try it! thank u! =)
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Ham with blackberries? Wow, it sounds so sophisticated. Thanks!
Hmm-mmm yummy! Can’t wait to try it out and have it for dinner. Glad you shared the recipe. Thanks for it. It’s gonna be a great help.
I found this glaze accidentally when looking for a blackberry rum sauce – wonderful. I used fresh blackberries and a spiced rum and used it over cheese blintzes with whipped cream. Unbelievable. My family thanks you. 🙂
So delicious! Makes me starve right now. I want to try this at home. Thank you for posting this.
I’m hungry right now. WOW! Those are gorgeous… and I’ve been craving blackberries lately too! Love the idea of using ham steaks (so unpretentious!) rather than a whole huge ham.
I’m drooling. This will be perfect for me and my bf tonight. Thanks.
I made this for Christmas dinner and it was a big hit! One of the best tatsing hams I have ever eaten. Even my *VERY* picky 5 year old loved it.
I love making big hams and if I have too much leftovers (even after I send some home with any guests), I vacuum seal and freeze meal-size portions and the ham bone for future use and I can keep it in the freezer for months.
never seen ham look so good!
I’ll make a crockpot version. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!- I made this last night with raspberries and it was my husbands favorite part of the meal- yum 🙂
Blackberry rum sauce? My mouth is WATERING! Great post!
I could see this sauce being a definite hit. I am not the biggest fan of ham, but I’d definitely go for this.
Blackberry rum sauce?! wow Jaden, you’re so inspiring! It sounds delicious 😀
The combo between ham and blackberry is new! So hungry now 🙂
Looks lovely!
yeh! I love cooking with rum!
Thoughts on using other fruit? Not a big fan of blackberries but always have raspberries around- do you think that would work?
yes that would be a great sub!
Now why have I never thought to just buy ham steaks? DUH! My hubby tolerates ham, but doesn’t really love it. I grew up always having ham for Easter. I usually cut up the leftovers and freeze it, but it takes us forever to finish it. This looks great!
I’m that way too. We can never finish an entire ham. And then it sits in our freezer for like six years.
Oh, this looks good. I’m not a ham-my person. It’s not something I serve on Passover, but getting a ham steak and cooking it up this way is something I can handle for a weeknight dinner. The blackberries look so delicious. Great idea! Thanks.
Looks like you worked out the recipe! (Saw your comment on Twitter.) I imagine the contrast between the salty ham and the sweet, rummy sauce is really appealing.
Yes, it took a couple different tries before we hit the right spot between sweet and savory!
This is so invitng and so eye pleasing, a very treasured recipe indeed! 🙂
Looks and sounds yummy. But, what is the side dish to the left? It looks like the perfect accompaniment.
great photographs! and way to be ahead of the game…very impressed.
I never had the idea to dress up ham steaks, I love it! Great idea for Easter, especially since I still have ham in the freezer from last Thanksgiving.
Way to be ahead of the game! I love a fruit-rum-pork combo. The sauce sounds perfect. Is it a sign that I’ve been working too much when I read “Blackberry” and an image of my pda comes to mind instead of the fruit?
Delicious, inviting recipe…but what about the side of colored ??? That looks really good too…but what is it?
I carry a great Blackberry Serrano jam in my retail business…thinking that a bit of heat would work with this too…looks delicious and beautiful and best of all…easy!
This did NOT do anything for the fact that I’m hungry right now. WOW! Those are gorgeous… and I’ve been craving blackberries lately too! Love the idea of using ham steaks (so unpretentious!) rather than a whole huge ham.
Gorgeous photos!