Holiday Ham with Black Cherry Bourbon Jalapeño Glaze

This is what I’m making this Easter Eve dinner up with my pals at Scollan Ranch for this Easter weekend.  We will hopefully have enough ham leftovers to make something else for the, “Easter Beer Hunt” on Sunday with Sacramento Cacophony Society.   

 

New photos of this ham and Easter fun coming soon!

INGREDIENTS: 

1 package of frozen pitted black sweet cherries, thawed (Trader Joe's)

2 lemons
1 cup cherry cider (TraderJoe's)

1 can of coca cola

1 cup dark brown sugar
1 can of sliced pineapple

2 large Jalapeño peppers

1 jar of cherry preserves
1 big beautiful ham

½ teaspoon allspice

Salt & pepper to taste
1 cup Bourbon

Toothpicks 

COOKING MUSIC SELECTION: Bad Bunny (Heavy Metal Easter Bunny) Radioactive Chicken Heads 

PREPARATION:

In a saucepan over a low flame, blend syrup from can of pineapple, zest and juice the lemons, brown sugar, cherry cider, ½ the jar of cherry preserves, cola, and bourbon until it thickens a little and becomes a beautiful black cherry glaze.

Place the ham in a large roasting pan.  Score the ham and pour the syrup over it. Sprinkle with allspice and salt & pepper.  Slice the jalapeño peppers to make small rings. Remove the seeds. Take each pineapple ring, a pepper ring and a black cherry and place them all over the ham with the pepper and cherry in the middle.  Secure them with a toothpick all over the ham.

Insert a meat thermometer in the fleshiest part of the ham and roast uncovered at 300 degrees F until the internal temperature reaches 150 degrees F, basting with the drippings about every 20 minutes.

Remove the cooked pineapples, cherries & jalepeno peppers and mince. Pour pan juices into a saucepan, add the minced goodness and bring to a boil, then low simmer for 5 mins. Add the remaining thawed cherries and the other ½ of the cherry preserves and simmer for 10 minutes and reduce to a wicked yummy sauce. Carve ham into slices and serve with cherry sauce on the side.

Have a wonderful Easter holiday!