Easter Dinner Ideas
Holiday-worthy centerpieces and brunch classics the Pepper community pulls out for Easter — glazed ham, roast lamb, quiches, and the sides that carry the table.
★ Bourbon Glazed Ham
Bourbon Glazed HamBest Glazed Ham 🥩🍊🥃
A delicious bone-in shank side ham coated with a flavorful bourbon glaze, perfect for a special occasion or holiday meal.
Mandi ShawIngredients
- 1 6-10 lbs bone-in shank side ham
- 1 cup orange marmalade
- 1/2 cup dijon mustard whole grain
- 1/2 cup real maple syrup
- 1/3 cup bourbon
- 3 tbsp fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tbsp kosher salt
- 2 tbsp black pepper
- 1 tsp ground ginger
Instructions
- 1Heat oven or roaster to 325°F.
- 2Mix all the ingredients (besides the ham) in a small bowl.
- 3Remove ham from packaging, give a quick rinse, and place cut side down in roasting pan. Score ham in a criss-cross pattern all the way around. Brush with about 1/2 cup of the glaze. Cover loosely with foil.
- 4Bake for about 2-2 1/2 hours or until the internal temperature reaches 125°F-135°F. Remove foil.
- 5Turn oven temperature up to 425°F and brush with glaze again. Bake for another 15-20 minutes, glazing ham every 6-7 minutes. Repeat the process about 3 times.
- 6Keep an eye on the ham to prevent the sugars in the glaze from burning. Aim for a deep mahogany color. Once cooking is finished, remove to a cutting board and tent with foil for 20 minutes before carving.
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Open in Pepper →Why Easter Dinner Is a Two-Meal Day
Easter is the one holiday where brunch and dinner both matter — a quiche and a strata in the morning, a ham or lamb in the evening.
Cooks on Pepper prep the roast the night before, keep the brunch board simple, and let the oven do the rest.
The recipes here are the community's holiday keepers — pretty enough for the table, sturdy enough to reheat as leftovers all week.
Quick Tips
- 1
Bring the ham to room temp
A cold ham takes twice as long to heat through — pull it two hours before you glaze it.
- 2
Sear the lamb hard
A crust locks in the pink center — start hot, then finish at 325°F.
- 3
Quiches love a blind bake
Ten minutes with pie weights before the custard goes in stops the soggy bottom.
- 4
Make the sides ahead
Everything except the roast can be prepped a day early — Easter dinner is a scheduling problem, not a cooking one.
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