Slow-Cooked Irn Bru Ham (with Irn Bru Glaze)

Name: Slow-Cooked Irn Bru Ham (with Irn Bru Glaze)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h 40 min
Total time: 4 h 50 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 1 Large Onion; 1-1/5kg Ham Joint (2-3lb); 2 litres Irn Bru; 1.5 tbsp Honey; 1.5 tbsp Marmalade; 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard; 4 tbsp Brown Sugar; 2 tbsp Irn Bru (from the slow cooker)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:4h 40min

Combining the quintessential Scottish drink with a ham might sound a little odd, but slow cooking a ham joint in all sorts of different flavoured liquids isn’t a new thing. Slow cooking a ham makes it deliciously tender, and usually involves a fairly sweet liquid which helps to cut through the saltiness of the ham joint. Using Irn Bru, therefore, isn’t a big leap, and combining it with a bit of bitter marmalade for a citrussy Irn Bru glaze is just the icing on the cake, so to speak.

Updated at: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:29:50 GMT