Ham With Spiced Cherry Sauce

Submitted by Elmotoo

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 lbs ham, Cooked, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 (16 ounce) can dark sweet cherries
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 5 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon allspice
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup rose wine (optional)

directions

1. Place ham slices in baking dish.
2. Drain cherries and reserve syrup.
3. Combine cherry syrup in saucepan with cornstarch, sugar, vinegar, water and spices.
4. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and clear.
5. Add wine and cherries.
6. Pour over ham slices and bake at 350F 45 minutes.

Reviews

[Kathy C.]

I usually serve this on the side or ladle on ham just before it comes out of oven. Putting on a glaze and continued watming runs the risk of dryinf out.

 

[Peter J]

I wondered how the ham and cherry sauce would go together and loved the combination! Rather than sliced ham I used ham steaks and I thought the thicker ham gave a good contrast in flavour between the untouched middle of the ham and the sauce. The sauce gave it a wonderful glazed effect and I cooked half the quantity and served over toast for a great lunch. I'm not much of a sweet tooth so the only change I made was to use half the quantity of sugar which made it slightly sweet / slightly tart.

 

[bayou-mimi]

This just didn't "do it" for me.. the ham turned a weird color and the sauce didn't hold up too well..however... I think it would be great spooned over warm ham slices, or even a baked chicken maybe. I think I would try it with the tart cherries also. Thanks for the idea though,