This zingy retro classic glazed ham is an astonishment embeded in the facility of a table, and just a few easy sides except a wonderful banquet. Past the eye-popping pineapple rings and brilliant maraschino cherries, the glaze lends a sparkle and appearance to the pork’s caramelized crust.
The vital to polishing pork is to initial cozy the meat in a toasting tray filled with water. The water helps maintain the ham from drying while it cooks, and makes sure that drippings don’t burn. Once the pork is heated to around 120 ° in the center, get rid of the covering and begin polishing. After that make use of toothpicks to organize the pineapple pieces and maraschino cherries ahead. Cleaning the pork and fruit 3 times (or regarding every 15 mins) with the polish must be just sufficient to produce a nicely caramelized outside, while additionally instilling the ham with wonderful pineapple notes.
When you’ve taken pleasure in the pineapple fixings and meat, there is still more to enjoy regarding this bone-in pork. The bone produces an extraordinary brew – simply attempt our Ham Bone Soup. Before you begin cooking, make sure to check out our preferred mail-order hams.
Leftovers can be kept in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or fridge freezer for as much as 3 months.
RETURNS:12 – 16
PREP TIME:10 minutes
COMPLETE TIME:3 hrs
Ingredients
- 1 8-lb. smoked fifty percent bone-in spiral-cut pork
- 1 1/2 c. pineapple juice
- 3/4 c. loaded light brown sugar
- 1/2 c. apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp. hot sauce
- 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
- 1 (20-oz.) can pineapple slices, drained pipes
- Maraschino cherries
Directions
Step 1
Readjust a rack to lower third of the stove and preheat to 325 °. Wrap pork in light weight aluminum foil, fat-cap-side up. Set pork on a shelf in a huge toasting pan and fill bottom of frying pan with around 1/4″ water (about 4 mugs, relying on the dimension of the pan). Bake ham till the internal temperature gets to 120 °, regarding 1 hour 20 mins.
Step 2
Reduce heat to medium-high and simmer, swirling occasionally, up until thick sufficient to coat a spoon, concerning 15 minutes. Eliminate from straight warm, and reserved atop the range to maintain cozy.
Step 3
Meticulously get rid of the toasting frying pan with the ham from the oven. Arrange the sliced pineapple all over the pork, securing each piece with a few toothpicks. Add a maraschino cherry to the facility of each pineapple slice and secure with a toothpick. Brush top of ham, pineapple, and cherries with even more polish.
Step 4
Return pork to oven exposed to maintain cooking, basting with more polish every 15 mins, up until heated through, regarding 45 mins a lot more. Remove from the oven, and brush with staying glaze. Serve warm.