Maple Pineapple Glazed Ham Recipe
With the holidays rapidly approaching, it’s time to put your kitchen to work with this easy, simple, tasty ham recipe. Roasted in pineapple juice and onions, and baked with a maple sugar glaze, this ham will leave your taste buds asking for more.
Ingredients
1. ham shank with bone (Spiral cut or not)
2. onions, quartered
3. 3 liters of pineapple juice, non-pulp
cloves (Optional for garnish)
Pineapple Maple Glaze
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup maple syrup (preferably Grade A Dark)
4 teaspoons of dijon mustard
Preparation
1. In a large roaster at 250 degrees, place two quartered onions, 3 liters of pineapple juice, and the ham shank. Cover tightly for 80 minutes. Every 20 minutes, lightly baste and rotate the ham in the pineapple juice.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees about 20 minutes before removing the ham from the roaster.
3. After roasting for 80 minutes, take out the ham, and let it rest in a deep baking pan for 10 minutes or until the glaze is finished being prepared.
4. Cover the bottom of the bin in a layer of pineapple juice and onions from the roaster.
Glaze (Start while ham is resting)
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, place in all the glaze ingredients.
- Stir until well mixed, then bring to a boil, stirring constantly. *Do not leave alone; sugar burns very quickly*
- Cook glaze for ten minutes or until glaze is slightly reduced and glossy.
5. Score a diamond pattern across the fatty layer of the ham, and using about half of the glaze, brush it on liberally.
6. Put the ham in the oven for a total of 30 minutes. Brush on the rest of the glaze halfway through cooking time.
7. Take out after 30 minutes, and let rest for 10 minutes before carving the meat.
Enjoy!
