Ham Recipes
Raspberry-Chipotle Pepper Glazed Ham
Yield: 16 to 20 servings; 1 3/4 cups sauce
Ingredients
Ham
- 1 (9 to 10 pound) cooked bone-in ham (rump half or shank portion)
- 1 recipe Raspberry-Chipotle Pepper Sauce
- 1 tablespoon pink or 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, coarsely cracked
- Fresh raspberries (optional)
- Fresh herb sprigs (optional)
Raspberry-Chipotle Pepper Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups seedless raspberry preserves
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 2 or 3 whole chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, drained and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
Ham
- If necessary, score ham by making diagonal cuts in fat in a diamond pattern. Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Insert a meat thermometer into thickest portion of meat not touching bone.
- Bake ham until thermometer registers 130 degrees F. Allow 1 1/2 hours to 2 1/4 hours.
- Meanwhile, prepare Raspberry Sauce.
- Brush ham with some of the Raspberry-Chipotle Pepper Sauce.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes more or until thermometer registers 135 degrees F, brushing once or twice with additional Raspberry Sauce. Remove from oven.
- Sprinkle with pink or black peppercorns. Let stand 15 minutes. (Temperature of meat will rise 5 degrees during standing.)
- Carve ham. Reheat any remaining Raspberry-Chipotle Pepper Sauce; pass with ham. If desired, garnish platter with fresh raspberries and sprigs of fresh herbs.
Raspberry-Chipotle Pepper Sauce
- In a medium saucepan stir together preserves, vinegar, chipotles, and garlic. Bring just to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
Nutrition
Pper serving with one serving of ham: 250 cal., 7g total fat (2g sat. fat), 68mg chol., 1,676mg sodium, 15g carbo., 0g fiber, and 31g pro. Daily Values: 2% vit. A, 1% vit. C, 1% calcium, and 8% iron