Quick Curried Pineapple Sauce for Ham

by Dorothy Reinhold on November 13, 2012


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When talk of turkey gets tedious, let’s switch to ham, the other special meat. When there’s a ham in the oven, you know a feast is about to happen.

I wanted to give you a locally inspired recipe that will take us through this upcoming holiday season, and my first thought was what entranced me as a child — rings of pineapple and cloves studding the outside of a fragrant ham, baking away the afternoon.

Quick Curried Pineapple Sauce for Ham. Recipe here https://www.shockinglydelicious.com/?p=10363I don’t always have that kind of time, though. So I make a fast, hurry-curry pineapple sauce spiced with cloves, cinnamon, allspice and curry, thickened quickly on the stove. Once the ham is sliced and heated, dinner is ready!

Check out the recipe, which should take you clear through your Christmas ham and onto your Easter ham.

Recipe: Quick Curried Pineapple Sauce for Ham

Summary: A hurry-curry stovetop sauce, fragrant with spices, will make your ham sing! Perfect for any holiday ham dinner, or even on roasted poultry.

Ingredients

  • 1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/16 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • A few grinds of black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon corn starch, dissolved in 2 tablespoons water

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a saucepan and stir to combine. Heat on medium, stirring occasionally, until it boils and thickens. Boil 1 minute and remove from heat.
  2. Spoon warm sauce over and alongside ham slices. This sauce tastes even better if you make it a day ahead and keep it refrigerated. Remove and rewarm or serve at room temperature if you like.
  3. Serves 4-6.

Measurements

Quick Curried Pineapple Sauce for Ham. Recipe here https://www.shockinglydelicious.com/?p=10363How do you measure 1/8 or 1/16 of a teaspoon if you don’t have a specific measuring spoon in that size? Use your smallest measuring spoon in the set — usually 1/4 teaspoon. A 1/8 teaspoon measure is half of that, and a 1/16 teaspoon measure is one-quarter of the 1/4 teaspoon. Easy.

Variations

Like many Shockingly Delicious recipes, this one is adaptable. If you don’t like curry, leave that ingredient out and you’ll end up with a sauce that can go on ham OR ice cream! If you want to zip it up even more, add a clove of crushed garlic and/or a few shakes of crushed red pepper.

What to do with a half ham

Next time you buy (or win!) a big half ham, “decant” it into smaller-size portions just right for your needs. For my family of four, an 11-pound half ham yielded 6 zipper-top freezer bags of ham slices, portioned for one dinner each, and a bag containing 2 cups of ham chunks that will likely go into a soup. That’s plenty of dinners at the ready.

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4-6
My rating 5 stars:  ★★★★★ 

Quick Curried Pineapple Sauce for Ham. Recipe here https://www.shockinglydelicious.com/?p=10363

 

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Krissy November 13, 2012 at 1:13 pm

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Krissy November 13, 2012 at 1:12 pm

I love to eat ham on sandwiches or with eggs for breakfast.

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Cheryl | Black Girl Chef's Whites November 13, 2012 at 12:37 pm

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Cheryl | Black Girl Chef's Whites November 13, 2012 at 12:36 pm

I liked Farmer John on Facebook. I just had some Farmer John Maple Pork Breakfast Sausage this morning!

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Cheryl | Black Girl Chef's Whites November 13, 2012 at 12:35 pm

I already follow ShockD on twitter!

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Cheryl | Black Girl Chef's Whites November 13, 2012 at 12:34 pm

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Cheryl | Black Girl Chef's Whites November 13, 2012 at 12:33 pm

I like to fry ham steaks and eat them for breakfast!

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Lana November 13, 2012 at 11:22 am

I follow Farmer John on Twitter.

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Lana November 13, 2012 at 11:21 am

I follow Farmer John on FB:)

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Lana November 13, 2012 at 11:21 am

I Tweeted:)

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Lana November 13, 2012 at 11:20 am

I left a comment on FB.

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Lana November 13, 2012 at 11:18 am

I had to smile when you wrote about parceling the big ham into smaller portions – I do that for every holiday after we buy a ham:) My favorite is the bone with all the tender meat around – great for beans, split pea soup, or lentils:)

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Julie Autaubo November 13, 2012 at 11:04 am

I love to season my canned good with ham. Nothing screams ‘love’ more that canning with ham!

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Maren Z November 13, 2012 at 10:25 am

I love leftover ham sandwiches!!

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Cindy Brickley November 13, 2012 at 10:23 am

I “Follow” Farmer John on Twitter @FarmerJohnLA
and Tweet this: Enter to win a @farmerjohnLA ham from @shockinglydlish http://ow.ly/fejBJ #giveaway.
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Cindy Brickley November 13, 2012 at 10:21 am

I “Like” Farmer John on Facebook.
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Cindy Brickley November 13, 2012 at 10:20 am

I “Follow” Shockingly Delicious on Twitter and Tweet this: Enter to win a @farmerjohnLA ham from @shockinglydlish http://ow.ly/fejBJ #giveaway
cjbrick@ymail.com

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Cindy Brickley November 13, 2012 at 10:18 am

I “Like” Shockingly Delicious on Facebook.
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Cindy Brickley November 13, 2012 at 10:16 am

I like to cook my ham in my roaster oven. I rub a crushed pineapple glaze I make all over it and cook it till it is juicy on the inside and a little crisp on the outside.
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Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious November 13, 2012 at 9:12 am

What a wonderful giveaway! I love preparing my ham with a fig jam glaze. It’s absolutely heavenly. Although I need to try your curry pineapple!

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