Meant to upload this yesterday but got sidetracked.
For the curious, my ingredients are such:
2 Granny Smith Apples
1 D'Anjou Pear (the very common little green ones)
approx 12 Cherries
1 1/2 cup sparkling cider
1 cup rum
A dash of vanilla extract
A dash cinnamon to taste
A handful of white granulated sugar
approx 1/4 cup of honey
1 ham steak
How I did it:
First, I put my ham steak in a large shallow bowl and filled it with just enough water to slightly cover it. I do this because it helps get a lot of the salt out of the ham steak. You can skip this step if you want to. I only do this because I don't like how salty ham can be at times. Moving on...
I diced up all the fruit. Placing all the apples and pears, half of the cherries in a bowl, I add the rum and sparkling cider. Add the cinnamon, vanilla, sugar, half of the honey and mix the ingredients together and let them sit for about 15-20 minutes. The other half of the cherries I reserve for later in a bowl in the fridge.
Put the fruit mix into a saucepan* and bring to a boil. Stirring occasionally, I let it boil for about 10 minutes.
After the fruit has boiled for 10 minutes, I rinse the ham steak and place it in a deep frying pan and drizzle the other half of the honey on the ham, then pour the fruit mix over the ham. I let it simmer uncovered for 10 minutes on a medium heat. Ham steaks don't really take very long to cook at all.
*(I realized at this point that I could have saved myself from dirtying that extra pot if I'd just boiled the fruit in the deep pan to begin with.)
When the steak is done and ready to serve, I top it with the fruit as well as the chilled cherries from the fridge.
Personal notes for next time: I want to add nutmeg and allspice to the mix. I want to use brown sugar instead of white sugar. I think I'd like to add pineapple next time as well.
For the curious, my ingredients are such:
2 Granny Smith Apples
1 D'Anjou Pear (the very common little green ones)
approx 12 Cherries
1 1/2 cup sparkling cider
1 cup rum
A dash of vanilla extract
A dash cinnamon to taste
A handful of white granulated sugar
approx 1/4 cup of honey
1 ham steak
How I did it:
First, I put my ham steak in a large shallow bowl and filled it with just enough water to slightly cover it. I do this because it helps get a lot of the salt out of the ham steak. You can skip this step if you want to. I only do this because I don't like how salty ham can be at times. Moving on...
I diced up all the fruit. Placing all the apples and pears, half of the cherries in a bowl, I add the rum and sparkling cider. Add the cinnamon, vanilla, sugar, half of the honey and mix the ingredients together and let them sit for about 15-20 minutes. The other half of the cherries I reserve for later in a bowl in the fridge.
Put the fruit mix into a saucepan* and bring to a boil. Stirring occasionally, I let it boil for about 10 minutes.
After the fruit has boiled for 10 minutes, I rinse the ham steak and place it in a deep frying pan and drizzle the other half of the honey on the ham, then pour the fruit mix over the ham. I let it simmer uncovered for 10 minutes on a medium heat. Ham steaks don't really take very long to cook at all.
*(I realized at this point that I could have saved myself from dirtying that extra pot if I'd just boiled the fruit in the deep pan to begin with.)
When the steak is done and ready to serve, I top it with the fruit as well as the chilled cherries from the fridge.
Personal notes for next time: I want to add nutmeg and allspice to the mix. I want to use brown sugar instead of white sugar. I think I'd like to add pineapple next time as well.
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