Ham in the Crockpot with Pineapple and Orange Marmalade
Last time I bought a ham, it was a canned ham, much too big for the family. Great! I thought. Planned-overs! Nope. Not so simple. The ham just wasn't very good. I wished I'd have paid a little more attention to the brand and type, but by the time we decided it wasn't worth it, we'd totally forgotten which ham NOT to buy.
This time, we bought a better grade of ham and had a successful dinner with leftovers, and not too many leftovers. The original recipe is from Pillsbury.
INGREDIENTS
1 (3-lb.) boneless cooked ham
1 (8-oz.) can crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons orange marmalade
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
DIRECTIONS
1. Place ham in 3 1/2 to 5-quart slow cooker. Drain pineapple liquid from can into slow cooker; refrigerate pineapple. In small bowl, combine brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of the marmalade and mustard; mix well. Spread over ham.
2. Cover; cook on Low setting for 6 to 8 hours.
3. About 5 minutes before serving, remove ham from slow cooker; slice or cube as desired.
4. In small microwave-safe bowl, combine pineapple and remaining 2 tablespoons orange marmalade; mix well. Microwave on High for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring once halfway through cooking. Cut ham into slices. Serve ham with pineapple mixture.
Now, the true confessions. I forgot the brown sugar. How? I don't know. But given that this was an all-day simmering in the crockpot, I turned the ham and then put another dose of the (corrected!) glaze on it midway through the cooking time. It worked.
True confession #2; I used more than 3 Tablespoons marmalade. Remember my marmalade? It's delicious, but too thin to spread on toast. It was perfect for this glaze, though - at least with brown sugar added.
Stumble It!
This time, we bought a better grade of ham and had a successful dinner with leftovers, and not too many leftovers. The original recipe is from Pillsbury.
INGREDIENTS
1 (3-lb.) boneless cooked ham
1 (8-oz.) can crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons orange marmalade
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
DIRECTIONS
1. Place ham in 3 1/2 to 5-quart slow cooker. Drain pineapple liquid from can into slow cooker; refrigerate pineapple. In small bowl, combine brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of the marmalade and mustard; mix well. Spread over ham.
2. Cover; cook on Low setting for 6 to 8 hours.
3. About 5 minutes before serving, remove ham from slow cooker; slice or cube as desired.
4. In small microwave-safe bowl, combine pineapple and remaining 2 tablespoons orange marmalade; mix well. Microwave on High for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring once halfway through cooking. Cut ham into slices. Serve ham with pineapple mixture.
Now, the true confessions. I forgot the brown sugar. How? I don't know. But given that this was an all-day simmering in the crockpot, I turned the ham and then put another dose of the (corrected!) glaze on it midway through the cooking time. It worked.
True confession #2; I used more than 3 Tablespoons marmalade. Remember my marmalade? It's delicious, but too thin to spread on toast. It was perfect for this glaze, though - at least with brown sugar added.
Labels: kitchen stories
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posted @6:23 AM
2 Comments:
Sounds wonderful! I'm almost tempted to try this next time I do ham. Almost. I make ham with Coke, cherries and juice, and pineapple rings. Yum! The marmalade sounds great, though!
But canned ham? What's that?
We're STILL eating Easter ham. I'm so sick of it. And that's after making a double-batch of pea soup and freezing most of it!
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