Thursday, July 21, 2011

Pineapple Porcupine Ham

I made this one with my daughters. It is a variation on a Hawaiian or Pineapple ham.

1 can pineapple chunks in heavy syrup
1 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp mustard
2 tsp cinnamon
1 jar maraschino cherries
1 ham (5-10 lbs)
Lots of toothpicks

Mix the spices into the pineapple syrup in a small pan and cook into a syrup. If using a non-spiral ham, cut diagonals in both directions making pretty diamonds on the top (or sides of a bone-in) ham. Take toothpicks and stick 1 chunk of pineapple and 1 cherry to the outside of the ham. Do this until the ham is prickly like a porcupine. Pour the syrup over the ham. If it is a precooked ham, bake until the center is hot and baste with the juice often. If it is an uncooked ham, bake as directed, basting the ham every 45 minutes to 60 minutes with the juice in the bottom of baking pan.

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