Blackberry Ham Glaze Recipes

BLACKBERRY JALAPENO GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler to high. Place jalapeno peppers on a baking sheet.
• Broil in the preheated oven, turning every 2 to 3 minutes, until skin on the jalapenos is blackened and bubbling, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove jalapeno peppers from oven and place in a resealable plastic bag; set aside for 5 to 10 minutes. Carefully open the bag and remove jalapeno peppers; let sit until easily handled. Peel blackened skin from jalapeno peppers, slice open, remove the seeds, and mince the pepper.
• Combine jalapeno peppers, blackberries, water, brown sugar, honey, orange juice, orange-flavored liqueur, garlic, and orange zest in a saucepan over medium heat; simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to low and continue simmering until glaze has reduced in size and is thickened, 5 to 10 minutes more. Mash the glaze with a potato masher until blackberries are broken down. Remove saucepan from heat.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Place the ham in a roasting pan and brush some of the glaze over the ham; cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven, basting with glaze every 20 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), about 3 hours. Remove ham from oven and brush with more glaze. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

SPIRAL HAM WITH MAPLE-BLACKBERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Line a broiler pan with aluminum foil.
• In a saucepan, whisk together maple syrup, preserves, mustard, orange zest, and orange juice. Cook, whisking occasionally, over medium-low heat until preserves melt, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Place ham, cut side down, on prepared pan, and cover loosely with foil.
• Bake for 1 hour. Uncover and brush glaze over ham. Bake, basting every 10 minutes, until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest portion of ham registers 140°, about 30 minutes longer. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Garnish with blackberries and orange slices, if desired.

BASIC CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil and margarine in a small skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add onion and saute until very brown, 10 to 15 minutes. (Note: This is an important step; if onion is not cooked well, sauce will taste funny.)
• Add ginger and garlic to onion and saute for an additional 2 minutes. Process onion/ginger/garlic mixture in food processor until smooth. Do not rinse food processor.
• Place onion mixture in a large saucepan. Stir in the cinnamon, black pepper, coriander, cumin, turmeric and cayenne pepper and cook over low heat until mixture is thick and has the consistency of a paste.
• Puree tomatoes, chile peppers and cilantro in food processor until smooth. Add to onion mixture and stir well over low heat, cooking off moisture from tomatoes and cilantro. Add yogurt a little bit at a time, stirring constantly to avoid curdling.
• Blend the whole mixture in food processor to puree it (for a very smooth sauce). Return to saucepan, add water and increase heat to high; bring sauce to a rolling boil. Cover saucepan and boil for 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer until desired consistency is reached.
• To serve with meat, cook the meat first separately, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the sauce before serving over rice or with bread. To serve with vegetables, steam raw veggies first 4 to 5 minutes, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the sauce before serving.

BLACKBERRY HAM GLAZE

Steps:

• Mix everything in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce to simmer, and simmer stirring frequently until thickened and reduced to a syrup like consistancy.
• Baste ham with glaze during last 1/2 hour of cooking, being careful to keep an eye that it doen't burn.(Just baste frequently.

BLACKBERRY-MUSTARD GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Trim fat and rind from ham. Score outside of ham in a diamond pattern. Place ham on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray.
• Combine juice, blackberry preserves, and mustard in a medium bowl, stirring until well combined. Set aside half of the preserves mixture.
• Bake ham for 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer registers 140F, basting with half of the preserves mixture every 20 minutes.
• Remove ham from oven. Place ham on a platter, cover and let stand 15 minutes before slicing.
• Place remaining preserves mixture in a large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Cook until reduced to 1 cup (about 15 minutes.) Serve sauce with ham.

BLACKBERRY JALAPENO GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Set oven rack 6 inches from the heat source & preheat the broiler to high. Place jalapenos on a baking sheet. Broil, turning every 2-3 minutes until skin is blackened & blistered, 8-10 minutes.
• Remove from oven & place in a resealable plastic bag; set aside for 5-10 minutes. Remove jalapenos & let sit until easily handled. Peel the blackened skin from the peppers, slice open, remove the seeds & mince the pepper. Reduce oven temperature to 325.
• Combine jalapenos, blackberries, water, brown sugar, honey, orange juice, orange zest, orange-flavored liqueur & garlic in a saucepan over medium heat; simmer for 5-10 minutes. Reduce heat to low & continue simmering until glaze has reduced in size & is thickened, about 5-10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
• Place ham in a roasting pan & brush with some of the glaze; cover loosely with aluminum foil. Bake in the oven, basting with glaze every 20 minutes, until ham reaches 145 degrees, about 3 hours.
• Remove ham from oven & brush with more glaze. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.