Peppered ham with raspberry chipotle sauce glaze
Peppered ham with raspberry chipotle sauce glaze recipe in the pork category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1, 9 to 10 pound, cooked bone in ham, rump half or shank portion
- 1 tablespoon pink or 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, coarsely cracked
- Fresh raspberries, optional
- Fresh herb sprigs, optional
- Raspberry 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
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- 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:
- In a medium saucepan stir together preserves, vinegar, chipotles and garlic.
- Bring just to boiling. Reduce heat.
- Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
- Brush ham with some of the raspberry sauce.
- Bake 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 sauce. Pass with ham.
- If desired, garnish platter with fresh raspberries and sprigs of fresh herbs.
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