Jamaican Christmas Ham Recipe

Ingredients
1 7lb smoked pre cooked ham
Whole cloves

Glaze:
1/2 cup pineapple juice
2tbsps guava juice
2 tbsps honey
3 tbsps brown sugar
1tbsp lime juice
Pimento

Decoration: 
Maraschino Cherries
Pineapple Slices or Chunks
Toothpicks

Method

• Heat oven to 350 F
• Clean up ham removing extra skin and fat
• Use a sharp knife to make criss cross design in ham
• Please cloves in the sections where the lines intersect 
• Place ham in a roasting pan lined with foil with fattier side facing up
• Combine the ingredients for the glaze in a bowl and pour over the ham
• Bake ham at 350 F for 45 minutes, basting every 15 minutes.
• Cool ham for 15 minutes before slicing 

Serves: 10 people

Photo Credit and Ham Design Inspiration: Grace foods...until I put up my own pic. :D

Jamaican Christmas Cake (Non-Alcoholic)

Ingredients

1/2 lb butter or margarine
2 tsp. almond flavoring
6 ozs. oats crumbs (blended oats)
1 tbsp. mixed spice
1/2 lb brown sugar
2 tsp. lime or orange rind
4 cups mixed fruits (raisins, currants, prunes, citron,
 cherries, dates)
6 ozs. flour
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup red grape juice
1 tbsp. browning
6 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp grated ginger

Method

1. Prepare tin by lining insides with grease paper. Grease with butter.
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Mix in browning, vanilla and almond flavouring, lime juice and rind.
4. Add eggs one at a time and beat in well. Add soaked fruits, cherries, dates and grated ginger.
5. Mix oatcrumbs, flour, baking powder, salt and mixed spice.
6. Add alternately, pineapple juice and reg grape juice.
7. Pour into prepared baking tin and bake at 250°F (125°C) for about 2 hours.

Yield: 4 lb cake

Jamaican Coconut Ginger Bun

We're in Lent inching towards Easter which means alot of bun and cheese as Jamaicans reflect on the life and death of Christ. If you're tired of the same ole traditional buns here's a DIY coconut inspired recipe to try. If you do, leave a comment below to let us know how it turned out!

Ingredients
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup Grace coconut milk
3 tbsps grated ginger
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 cups flour
3 tsps. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tbsps. cinnamon powder
2 cups grated coconut
1 cup soaked raisins
3 whole green cherries
3 whole red cherries

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C and grease a loaf/bun pan.

2. Beat egg and vanilla then add Grace Coconut Milk, melted margarine, grated ginger and sugar. Mix well until all the sugar granules are dissolved.

3. In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, shredded coconut and soaked raisins.

4. Add half the dry ingredients to the liquid mixture and mix then add the other half of the dry ingredients and mix well.

5. Scrape the batter in bun tin then decorate with green and red cherries.

6. Put to bake for about 1 hour.

*Recipe adapted from original Grace foods recipe book published in the Jamaica Observer.