Christmas Ham in August!

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I bought a nice slice of ham at the grocery store yesterday, intending to fry it up for breakfast today. But then I got to thinking ... it's such a thick slice, it would be good to do something more festive with it than to just plop it on the griddle. So what I did was make a slice of "Christmas Ham."

I garnished it with sliced pineapple, unsweetened tart cherries and whole cloves, drizzled it with agave syrup, then lightly dusted it with ground yellow mustard, cinnamon and ginger. I loosely covered it with foil and baked it in the oven for about a half-hour.

I reserved the remaining cherries, juice and pineapple juice and made a pureed reduction sauce to about one-half volume and thickened it with cornstarch.

I served it with succotash (one of my favorite side dishes) and boiled potatoes lightly creamed with butter.

Dessert was a store-bought sugar-free pumpkin pie that was kinda lousy. It had an odd consistency, more like thick pudding, and a sharp aftertaste. Sugar-free fruit pies (apple, cherry, pineapple, lemon meringue and even southern-style pecan) are much more successful.

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Post# 358449 8/31/2016 at 00:21 (2,787 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)
Checkrate/Likes ~ ~ I bought a nice slice of ham at the grocery store yesterday, intending to fry it up for breakfast today. But then I got to thinking ... it's such a thick slice, it would be good to do something more festive with it than to just plop it on the griddle. So what I did was make a slice of "Christmas Ham." I garnished it with sliced pineapple, unsweetened tart cherries and whole cloves, drizzled it with agave syrup, then lightly dusted it with ground yellow mustard, cinnamon and ginger. I loosely covered it with foil and baked it in the oven for about a half-hour. I reserved the remaining cherries, juice and pineapple juice and made a pureed reduction sauce to about one-half volume and thickened it with cornstarch. I served it with succotash (one of my favorite side dishes) and boiled potatoes lightly creamed with butter. Dessert was a store-bought sugar-free pumpkin pie that was kinda lousy. It had an odd consistency, more like thick pudding, and a sharp aftertaste. Sugar-free fruit pies (apple, cherry, pineapple, lemon meringue and even southern-style pecan) are much more successful. Photos... < > Photo 1 of 6 View Full Size

Post# 360530 , Reply# 1 10/7/2016 at 12:22 (2,750 days old) by Suckomatic (Deer Park)
Checkrate/Likes *Well Why Not?* I make Xmas dinner several times a year. It's just so gooood! View Full Size