Printable Recipe: Easter Ham with Chipotle-Pineapple Glaze Recipe

Easter Ham with Chipotle-Pineapple Glaze

If you like lots of flavor, this is what to cook for Easter dinner. It's intense, it's smoky, it's unique... and it's probably the best recipe for ham you'll ever taste.

I also love that the heat is adjustable. Like it a little spicier? Leave the seeds in your chipotle peppers, and maybe toss in a few extra just for kicks. Prefer to keep it mild or are serving kids, too? Take out the seeds. You'll get all of the flavor and not too much heat. This is definitely what to cook for Easter dinner if you're looking for adaptability.

Serves 8.

Ingredients:

1 (5-7 lbs.) smoked, sliced ham
Glaze:
1 C. brown sugar, well packed
1 can (10 oz.) crushed pineapple, undrained
2-3 chipotle chiles in adobo, seeded
1-2 tbsp. adobo sauce (from your can of chipotles)
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
2 tbsp. cornstarch
2 tbsp. cold water
pinch salt

Instructions: 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place ham in a large baking dish, the cut end facing down.

2. With a sharp knife, score the skin of your ham in a tight pattern (if it doesn't come pre-scored). Bake for 15 minutes to get it started.

3. While ham is baking, prepare the glaze. To make the glaze, combine the sugar, pineapple, chilies, adobo sauce, nutmeg, and ginger in a blender. Blend well until smooth.

4. Pour this mixture into a small saucepan and bring to a boil.

5. Mix the cornstarch with the water until dissolved, and whisk into the simmering sauce. Cook until thickened.

6. After the ham has baked 15 minutes, brush it with the glaze.

7. Baste ham every 15 minutes until heated through, which should take one hour or so. When it's ready, the internal temperature she be 140 degrees or so.

8. Serve any extra glaze as a dipping sauce on the side. Then watch your guests demand that this is what to cook for Easter dinner every year.