Caribbean Sauce For Ham Recipes

CARIBBEAN SAUCE FOR HAM

Steps:

• Drain pineapple; reserve juice.
• Add water, if needed, to the reserved juice to equal 1/3 cup.
• In a small saucepan combine brown sugar, cornstarch, and cloves.
• Stir in orange juice and the water/pineapple juice mixture.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring until thick and bubbly.
• Add pineapple and raisins, and cook (and stir) 2 more minutes.

CARIBBEAN GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• With a wooden spoon, blend the garlic and salt together. In a saucepan, heat the garlic mixture, pepper, onion, cumin and oil. Saute on low until the onion is translucent. Add the orange juice and lime juice and heat to a simmer. Serve over chunks of boiled yucca.

BAKED HAM WITH HONEY-CHIPOTLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Place ham on a rack in a roasting pan. Using a sharp knife, score surface of ham with 1/2-in.-deep cuts in a diamond pattern. Bake, uncovered, 1-1/2 hours., Meanwhile, for glaze, in a small saucepan, mix brown sugar, honey, vinegar and ginger ale. Bring to a boil; cook until mixture is reduced by half, about 15 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Reserve 1 cup mixture for sauce; keep warm., Brush ham with some of the remaining glaze. Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 140°, about 30 minutes, brushing twice with additional glaze. Serve with reserved sauce.

HAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, mustard powder and flour. Mix in egg yolks until smooth. Heat half and half in the top half of a double boiler, or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water until just short of boiling. Stir in the egg yolk and sugar mixture, and then stir in the vinegar. Continue to stir over simmering water until thickened, about 5 minutes.