X-Mas Glazed Ham with Dijon-Pineapple Sauce

Name: X-Mas Glazed Ham with Dijon-Pineapple Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 c dark brown sugar, packed; 1/2 c maple-flavored or pancake syrup; 1/4 c grey poupon dijon mustard; 1 ham, fully cooked & boneless; cloves, whole; 12 maraschino cherries, halved; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 1 can(s) pineapples, crushed in juice & undrained

By Vanessa "Nikita" Milare
@Kitkat777

This is a ham I make every year for X-Mas lunch/dinner. Its a great hit & makes a great ham sandwhich the next day if there is an leftovers.

Rating:

★★★★★ 3 votes5

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Serves:

Prep:

20 Min

Cook:

2 Hr

Ingredients

1 c

dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 c

maple-flavored or pancake syrup
1/4 c

grey poupon dijon mustard
1

ham, fully cooked & boneless
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cloves, whole
12

maraschino cherries, halved
1 Tbsp

cornstarch
1 can(s)

pineapples, crushed in juice & undrained
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How to Make X-Mas Glazed Ham with Dijon-Pineapple Sauce

Step-by-Step

Heat oven to 350F.
Then mix sugar, syrup & mustard until well blended. Using a paring knife to make shallow even diagonal cuts across top of ham in 1 direction. Repeat making slits in opposite to form diamond shapes.
Then insert cloves where the cuts meet. Place the ham on a rack in a shallow baking pan. Place cherries,cut-sides down on surface of the ham.
bake the ham for about 2 hours or until ham is heated through. Make sure to brush occasionlly with 1/2 cup syrup mixture after 1-1 1/2 hours.
About 10 mins before ham is done, mix the remaining mixture with the cornstarch & pineapples in a sacue pan & bring to a boil on mediu-high heat. make sure to stir constantly. Cook & stir on medium-low heat for about another 5 mins or until thickened.
Then slice ham & serve with the sauce.