Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Mum's Easter Ham

Growing up, Easter was always celebrated at our house. The whole family came over. It was a TON of people! I really miss the huge extended family celebrations.

We always had ham and Mum always made it like this.

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You'll need a ham (already cooked) I think Mum uses a canned ham and has the butcher at the grocery store slice it REALLY thin and tie it together.

I haven't had much success with that. The last time I tried, the butcher turned a big ham into a big pile of chipped ham. So I no longer try to have it sliced. I just slice it myself after it's cooked to serve. Mine isn't as good as Mum's because having it pre-sliced, all those yummy juices get all over every single slice. Ya know... next time I will try to have it sliced!!

Anyway!

You'll need:

Ham (however big you need to feed your family... don't forget to get a little extra for ham sammies with the leftovers!!)
Cherry Brandy
Pineapple Slices in juice
Maraschino Cherries

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That's all.

Place the ham in a baking dish.
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Arrange pineapple slices to cover ham.
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Fill in all the spaces with cherries.
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Pour about half a cup of cherry brandy over the ham & fruit.
(more or less depending on how big your ham is)
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(oops... it's a little blurry... hard to pour stuff and photograph it at the same time!)

Pour on a some of the pineapple juice.
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Now bake it according to the directions that came with your cooked ham.
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Baste it a few times during cooking to get that yummy juice everywhere.
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That's it!
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