May 2022 - Cooking with Rum

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                              Rum & Molasses Glazed Ham

Ingredients:

  • ⅔ C. Dark Rum
  • 1 C. Honey
  • ⅓ C. Molasses
  • ½ C. Orange Marmalade
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • 1 11-pound whole bone-in smoked ham, fully cooked, unsliced

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a medium saucepan, heat rum, honey, molasses, and marmalade over low heat for 15 minutes- stirring a bit to prevent burning. Set aside.
  3. Place whole ham inside a deep baking dish or in a disposable foil pan.  
  4. Optional- with a sharp knife, cut a diamond pattern across the whole ham.Spread half of the rum glaze over the ham and roast for 2 ½ - 3 hours, uncovered, until ham reaches an internal temperature of 130°F.
  5. Baste occasionally with additional glaze as the ham cooks.
  6. Take ham out of oven and seal the pan with foil in a tent like form and let ham stand for 20 minutes before slicing.

                              10 Minute Rum Pudding

Ingredients for Syrup:

  • 2 ½ cups Boiling Water
  • 1 ½ cups Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • 2 Tbsp. Jamaican or Guyanese Dark Rum

Ingredients for Dough:

  • ½ cup Apricot Jam
  • ½ cup Butter, melted
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 ½ cups Flour
  • 1 pinch Salt

Directions:

Syrup:

  1. Add all ingredients for the syrup in a sauce pan.  
  2. Stir over high heat until sugar has melted.

Dough:

  1. In a separate sauce pan, melt butter and apricot jam together stirring constantly. Add baking soda, flour and salt. Mix all ingredients well.
  2. Pour syrup into a high greased, microwave safe bowl.  Scoop spoonfuls of dough mixture and place in syrup. Cover the bowl and microwave on high for 5 minutes.
  3. Serve warm in bowls and drizzle some rum over the pudding. Serves 6.