Mark’s Marmalade Christmas Ham

I live across the world from my family, so I’ve formed a new family in the UK. My Christmas traditions have changed; however, my mother-in-law is a dream and has adopted some of my mum’s traditions, just so I get a little taste of home at the festive season. My husband joins in by making a marmalade ham for the ham, cheese, and tomato grilled croissants my mum would make every Christmas morning, when we would drink Buck’s Fizz and sit around on the floor to open all our gifts.

Use any marmalade—we just love ours with clementine and whisky; clementines encapsulate the idea of Christmas for me.

Editor’s note: This glazed ham recipe calls for an unsmoked gammon joint. This is a cured—but not cooked—ham cut from the hind leg. Ask your butcher for help finding the right cut.