Barbecued Christmas Glazed Leg Ham | A Simple & Easy Recipe

If you are considering glazing and Barbecuing your own leg ham this Christmas then here is a recipe perfectly suited to professionals or novices alike!

What you will need...

A hooded (Covered) BBQ

A meat thermometer

1 Half or Full Leg Ham Bone in

1 cup of golden syrup

1/3 cup of tomato sauce

70g of un-salted butter

3 tablespoons of Dijon Mustard

3 tablespoons of lemon juice

2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoons of white wine vinegar (or just white vinegar)

3 cloves of garlic

2 teaspoons of chilli flakes

To make the glaze...

In a saucepan mix the golden syrup, tomato sauce, mustard, lemon juice, vinegar, worcestershire sauce and chilli flakes. Heat and then add the the un-salted butter and the garlic cloves chopped as fine as you can manage. Stir until butter melts and it's all mixed in well. A whisk could help with this process.

Once it's mixed well you can remove from heat and set it aside.

Prepare the Ham...

Line a baking tray with foil, remove any packaging from the ham and run a sharp knife down the back of the ham to remove the skin from the fat. Run the knife all across the fat in a criss-cross fashion to score it all over then place it on the tray ready for cooking.

Prepare the BBQ

Pre-heat your BBQ to 190C. Once the BBQ is ready* place the cook your ham for 1 1/2 hours or until meat thermometer reads 42C at the thickest part of the ham.

Turn up the heat to 200C

You can now use a pastry brush to begin brushing on the glaze being sure to completely cover your ham. Then cook for 5 minutes and brush with glaze, repeating every 5 minutes for 45 minutes or until the meat thermometer reads 52C and the ham is completely and evenly caramelised.

Remove the ham from the BBQ and set it aside to rest for 10 minutes.

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Have a Merry Christmas!

*for a gas BBQ use one burner only (on a Weber it should be the outer burner) 

* for a charcoal BBQ, build the fire to one side and let it burn just until the coals are covered with white ash - don't spread the coals.