Pineapple-Glazed Ham is a perfect addition to your holiday meal plan. It is easy to make and tastes amazing.

Pork + Pineapple may not be a flavor combination that everyone thinks of all the time, but it should be! Growing up in Mexico, one of my favorite dishes were the delicious Tacos Al Pastor, which consist of marinated pork, cooked with fresh pineapples and then topped with additional pineapple and salsa.

Today’s recipe is similar, in that it includes both pork, and pineapple. This pineapple-glazed ham is not what you would normally think of when you think of Mexican food, but I can assure you that it is popular there. It is something that most people don’t make often, but it shows up around the holidays every year.

I really think that pork is an underappreciated meat. It is so versatile, so delicious, and healthy too! I, for one, always look for great pork options when I go to restaurants. You can find many different recipes like this one by going to PorkBeInspired.com. You can also find local stores that have great cuts of pork at affordable prices.

Whether you are making a simple dinner using pork or a succulent pineapple-glazed ham for a holiday celebration, your family is going to be impressed. This particular recipe is very easy to make. You will create a homemade glaze using brown sugar, white wine, and pineapple juice (along with a few other ingredients). To give it even more flavor, you will add slices of sweet pineapple along the outside so that all of those delicious juices will be incorporated into the ham as it cooks.

I really hope that you give this recipe a shot this holiday season. You will not regret it and your family will be happy too! Check out the recipe below and let me know how it turns out.

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Pineapple-Glazed Ham

Pineapple-Glazed Ham is a perfect addition to your holiday meal plan. It is easy to make and tastes amazing. 

Author Charbel Barker

Ingredients

• 1 Ten Pound fully cooked spiral sliced ham
• 1 Stick of butter melted
• 1/2 Cup of White Cooking Wine
• 1/4 Cup of Pineapple Juice
• 1 1/4 Cup of Brown Sugar
• 1 Can of Pineapple slices
• 1 Jar of Maraschino Cherries
• 10 Cloves

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
• Place the ham in a large, deep baking pan
• Stick the Pineapple Slices and Cherries along the outside of the ham using toothpicks, until completely covered.
• Stick the cloves into the ham in the areas that are not covered by the pineapple and the cherries.
• Combine the brown sugar, the melted butter, the white wine, and the pineapple juice and mix until completely incorporated.
• Pour the above mixture over the ham.
• Top with aluminum paper and bake for 35 minutes.

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Since arriving in the United States nearly 7 years ago I have tried many new types of food that I had not tried while living in Mexico. If you take a quick look at the recipes that I share here on my blog, you will see that I share recipes from all over – not just from Mexico. That said, I do try to incorporate as many Mexican flavors into my recipes as possible.

One such food that I had never tried before coming to the United States was the famous cheese ball. To be completely honest the idea of a cheese ball didn’t sound too appealing to me at first. That all changed the first time that I tried it! One of my brothers-in-law makes his version of a cheese ball every year around Christmas. Last year I decided to try it, and I loved it! I am so glad that I decided to give it a try, because I was missing out!

I don’t have his recipe, but I did decide to come up with my own and I want to share it with you today. As you probably know, Mexican food is known for being spicy, so I definitely wanted to incorporate that characteristic into this recipe. That is why I decided to include shredded pepper jack cheese, and chopped jalapeños in this cheese ball recipe.

Another thing that I have learned here in the United States is that bacon makes everything better. With that in mind, I also decided to add some delicious bacon bits to the cheese ball to give it that extra crunch and smokiness. Finally, to give it a bit of sweetness, I also included some freshly chopped pineapple.

This recipe is really easy to make, and I promise that it will be a big hit!

Of course in order to enjoy a cheese ball you have to have something delicious to eat it with. My cracker of choice to go along with this cheese ball are RITZ Original Fresh Stacks. I have always loved RITZ Original crackers, and now they are even more convenient because RITZ Original and all varieties, including RITZ Ultimate Butter (which is available for a limited time only) come in Fresh Stacks so they are easy to take on the go – or to enjoy with this delicious cheese ball.

You can find RITZ Original Fresh Stacks and other varieties at Walmart in the crackers section.

I made this yesterday while my husband was at work, and I have to say, once he got home and we started eating it, this cheese ball did not last very much longer!

I hope that you enjoy it, and let me know how it turns out in the comments below!

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Bacon Jalapeño Cheese Ball Recipe

Author Charbel Barker

Ingredients

• 16 Oz of Cream Cheese
• 1 Cup of Shredded Pepper Jack Cheese
• 1 Cup of Fresh Pineapple chopped into small pieces
• 1/2 cup of bacon bits
• 1/2 cup of chopped jalapenos
• 1/2 Cup of Chives
• 1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 Tablespoon of Paprika
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 1 Cup of Chopped Almonds
• RITZ Original Fresh Stacks - 5 Cracker Serving Size

Instructions

• Remove the cream cheese from the refrigerator so that it is at about room temperature.
• Combine the room temperature cream cheese, and all of the rest of the ingredients except for the almonds in a large bowl.
• Mix well with a mixer or by hand.
• Remove and form a ball and then wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Remove from refrigerator and coat in chopped almonds.
• Serve with crackers and vegetables.

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