Hosting dinner? Make an easy and delicious do-ahead ham topped with tangy fruit and chives.
Slow-Cooker Ham with Currant-Cherry Sauce
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 7 hr 20 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups cherry preserves
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 6- to 8-pound fully cooked bone-in ham
- 1/2 cup dried currants
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
Instructions
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Step1Mix preserves, vinegar, mustard and ginger in 2-cup glass measuring cup. Place ham in 6-quart slow cooker, trimming ham if necessary to fit. Brush ham with about 1/4 cup of the preserves mixture. Refrigerate remaining preserves mixture while ham cooks.
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Step2Cover and cook ham on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
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Step3About 20 minutes before ham is done, microwave remaining preserves mixture uncovered on High 4 minutes. Stir in currants and lemon peel; microwave uncovered on High about 3 minutes or until mixture just begins to boil. Stir in chives. Cool about 10 minutes.
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Step4Remove ham from cooker. Slice ham; place on serving platter. Serve sauce with ham.
Nutrition
480
Calories
27g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
32g
Total Carbohydrate
24g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 480
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 27g
- 41%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 48%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 75mg
- 24%
- Sodium
- 1360mg
- 57%
- Potassium
- 410mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 32g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 24g
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 3 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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