This Pineapple Glazed Ham is covered in a smoky, slightly spicy rub then smothered in a sweet glaze made from Del Monte Gold® Extra Sweet Pineapple. It’s a perfect fall, Christmas, or winter dinner – especially when feeding a crowd!

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Pineapple Glazed Ham

Ham is such a great meal for these final fall days, it’s a pretty traditional Christmas meal, and is great all winter long. It’s warm, comforting, and feeds a crowd! Plus, there’s always so many great things you can make with the leftovers (like ham and cheese quiche!). This pineapple glazed ham will be sure to please any guests with it’s flavor-filled smoky, kicked up rub and sticky sweet pineapple glaze.

When I say this is a Pineapple Glazed Ham, I literally mean the ham is glazed with pineapple. Not pineapple juice and not covered in pineapple slices. It’s covered in a sweet pineapple puree.

Yup, I went there. Why cover your ham with pineapple slices when you can cover your ham in a tasty, homemade pineapple glaze?!

It’s also a whole lot more simple than it sounds. I just added the pineapple, brown sugar, some water, and a bit of cayenne pepper to my blender and blended it until smooth. Right off the bat, it’s a super tasty pineapple smoothie 😉

I didn’t stop there because then I cooked the mixture on the stove top, reduced it by half and let it get all thick and glaze-y good. And that, my friends, is how you make a simple and delicious pineapple glaze out of fresh pineapple. Boom.

This is definitely a more modern take on your traditional ham covered in pineapple slices but it doesn’t completely change the flavor profile that you’re used to. There’s something sweet and irresistible about that pineapple flavor on that delicious, meaty ham.

I used a fresh Del Monte Gold® Extra Sweet Pineapple for the glaze. Del Monte’s golden pineapples are so juicy and sweet! They’re perfect for desserts, snacks, drinks, and to pair with meat. They’d also be fabulous in my pineapple upside-down cake or as a garnish to my Aloha Screwdrivers 😉

Not only are they tasty, but they’re full of great-for-you things like Vitamin C and manganese. Del Monte Fresh also offers some really great tips on how to pick a great pineapple. Pick one that looks symmetrical, feels heavy for it’s size, and smells sweet. You can check out the rest of the tips here.

I ended up using the whole pineapple to go with the ham because I cut the leftover pineapple into rings and added them to the roasting pan (as pictured) during the last 15 minutes of baking the ham. It let them get nice and warm with a slight roasted taste but they were still nice and firm when you cut into them.

For the ham, feel free to get a spiral cutor a whole, un-cut ham. Just make sure you get bone-in (flavor-flave!). I went with a spiral cut since it was on sale 🙂

This ham is mouth-watering good with the fresh pineapple, smoky undertones from the paprika, sweet brown sugar, and the cayenne pepper to contrast that sweetness. So. Good. Enjoy!

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