I have honestly never eaten or seen a papaya before getting one recently from Bountiful Baskets. If you haven’t seen a green papaya and it’s insides, here is what it looks like:
Since it was already pretty ripe and I haven’t had much time to cook lately, I did what we do with a lot of our fruit – make smoothies! I used a papaya, some pineapple, a banana, 1 cup of milk, and ice cubes. It was pretty tasty!
We had quite a bit of ham leftover from the Tangy Honey Glazed Ham I had made, plus some pineapple that I had cut for the glaze. Coincidentally, I also had a pizza crust from the Sunizona Family Farms bakery. So, what to make??? Ham and pineapple pizza! It turned out so great! So great, that I almost forgot to snap a picture!
Oh my, this ham was delicious! My husband and I had to stop ourselves from eating too much! I’m glad I finally decided that tonight was the night for some Zaycon Foods ham! I first cut the ham into 3 sections, which of course I didn’t cut very evenly, so this section was about 4.5 pounds of the 10 pounds that it was. Oh well. It was a good size for us, with slices leftover to lunch tomorrow. This was a fully cooked, boneless ham, so really, I just had to make sure the ham was heated though, then added the glaze and cooked a little longer for added flavor. Yum! This glaze was perfect since I received a pineapple and oranges at Bountiful Baskets this past weekend. The recipe called for pineapple juice, but I just took fresh pineapple chunks and pureed them in the blender. The honey was from a bucket of honey I bought a while back that I finally divided into smaller jars today. Everything tastes better fresh! This does have Dijon mustard, so if you aren’t a fan, I think you could leave it out and still have a nice glaze with the rest of the ingredients.
Tangy Honey Glazed Ham
Based on recipe here
What you need:
1 ham (mine was fully cooked, boneless, 4.5 pounds in weight)
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup pureed fresh pineapple (or 1/3 cup pineapple juice)
Juice of 1 orange (or 1/3 cup orange juice
1/3 cup honey
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon cloves
How to make it:
Preheat oven to 325 F. Cook ham according to type and weight, using guidelines on package or here. For my ham, I lined a roasting pan with foil, set the ham in, added 1/2 cup water to the pan, and covered the ham in foil. I cooked it for 45 minutes to make sure it was heated through.
Meanwhile, combine the ingredients for the glaze in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
Once ham has finished cooking, remove the foil cover. Pour 1/3 of the glaze over the ham, and cook uncovered for 10 minutes. Repeat until glaze is gone, for a total of 30 minutes of cooking uncovered with the glaze. Check to make sure the temperature is at 140 F if the ham was in original packaging, or 165 F for re-packaged or leftover ham. Cook additional time as needed. Slice and serve!
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