A spicy, fruity glaze for your baked ham.
Ingredients
| 3 | Chipotle peppers, in adobo sauce |
| 1 cup | Plum sauce, or use canned black doris plums in syrup (Main) |
| ½ cup | Sake, or white wine |
| ⅓ cup | Rice wine, or cider vinegar |
| 1 bunch | Fresh thyme |
| 1 | Cinnamon stick |
| 3 | Cardamom pods |
| 1 | Bay leaf |
| 1 bottle | Apple juice, or use citrus juice, for baking |
Directions
- Finely chop chipotle peppers (in adobo sauce) and add to a saucepan with plum sauce (or use canned black doris plums in syrup), sake (or white wine), and rice wine or cider vinegar.
- Add fresh thyme, cinnamon stick, a few cardamom pods and a bay leaf and gently simmer for 5 minutes.
- Cool and strain to remove herbs and spices.
- Remove skin from ham, score ham, rub the glaze all over and bake in a shallow bath of citrus or apple juice, basting frequently as you go.
Note:As a general guide, bake ham in a 170C oven. Cook until the ham is a dark golden colour and has been heated through to approximately 60C using an inserted meat thermometer. If the glaze looks like it's colouring too