Chipotle Pineapple Ham

Dress up your ham with this bourbon, pineapple, and chipotle pepper glaze.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 677 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (7 ounce) can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 fluid ounces bourbon whiskey
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
• 1 (10 pound) smoked ham
• 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.5 teaspoon ground ginger
• 0.25 cup cold water
• 0.25 cup cornstarch

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Step 3

Place chipotle peppers, brown sugar, pineapple, nutmeg, ginger, and bourbon whiskey in a blender and blend until smooth.

Step 4

Use a sharp knife to make diagonal cuts in the ham about 1 inch apart and 1/2 inch deep in a diamond pattern. Place smoked ham in a large bowl; pour the chipotle marinade over the ham and refrigerate ham in marinade for 3 to 6 hours, turning ham occasionally in the marinade to flavor all sides.

Step 5

Remove ham from marinade, reserving the marinade; place ham into a roasting pan.

Step 6

Bring the marinade to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk cornstarch and water together in a small bowl until smooth; whisk the mixture into the hot marinade. Reduce heat to low and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes.

Step 7

After ham has baked for 30 minutes, spoon the hot marinade over the ham.

Step 8

Return ham to oven and continue baking until glaze is baked onto the ham and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the ham, not touching bone, reads at least 145 degrees F (65 degrees C), about 1 1/2 more hours. Baste ham with the glaze every 30 minutes.