Recipe for cooking ham with cherry sauce

Low-Fat and Low-Calorie Recipes :: Pork Recipes

Ham with Cherry Sauce

33% calorie reduction from traditional recipe

Ham
3 lb. fully cooked boneless ham
Whole cloves
Fresh parsley sprigs

Cherry Sauce
2 cans (14.5 oz. each) red tart pitted cherries in juice, undrained
2/3 to 3/4 C. unsweetened pineapple juice
4 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 C. cornstarch
1 C. Sugar replacement
Red food coloring (optional)

*May substitute 24 packets Sugar replacement

Place ham in roasting pan; stud with cloves. Roast ham in preheated 325 degree F oven for about 1 1/2 hr. or until thermometer inserted in center of ham registers 160 degrees F.

For Cherry Sauce, drain cherries, reservings juice in a 2-C. glass measure. Add enough pineapple juice to make 2 C.. Mix together juice mixture and lemon juice in med. saucepan. Whisk in cornstarch until smooth.

Heat to boiling, whisking constantly. Stir in cherries. Cook over med. heat 3 to 4 min. or until heated through. Stir in Equal and food coloring.

Slice ham and arrange on platter. Place bowl for the Cherry Sauce in center. Garnish with parsley.

NOTE: 2 pkg.s (16 oz. each) frozen unsweetened pitted cherries, thawed, can be substituted for canned cherries. Drain cherries thoroughly. Add enough pineapple juice to make 2 C.. Proceed as recipe directs.

Makes approximately 16 servings

Nutrition information per servings: 156 cal., 18 g pro., 9 g carb., 5 g fat, 45 mg chol., 1027 mg sodium

Food exchanges: 2 1/2 lean meat, 1/2 fruit