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Directions
Aretha Franklin’s Queen of Soul Ham,If you’re reading this on a Friday and you’re like me, you’ll be in the grocery store tomorrow, so today I’ll give you ingredients for a recipe for Sunday dinner. How about Aretha Franklin’s Queen of Soul Ham? I got this recipe a few years ago when Aretha was on Martha Stewart, B.I. — Before Incarceration 😛 Aretha said on the show that soul can be a lot of things to a lot of folks — it’s a feeling. When you cook, you should put your soul into it — people will taste the difference (trust me on this one). Now my notes on this one — I’m giving you Aretha’s original recipe for the whole bone-in ham; however, you can achieve the same effect with a couple of ham steaks on a Tuesday night in a shallow baking pan. Just eyeball all the ingredients, switch the whole cloves for clove powder and reduce the amounts of the remaining ingredients so you don’t end up with a brown sugar fruit platter! Also — I just could not put coconut on my ham. Eww… but if you like the idea, go for it! Oh — and used dark brown sugar. Light is for babies…lol!,Do you use whole bag, of brown sugar,Do you use all the brown sugar?
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Steps
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Heat Oven to 350 Degrees F. |
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Using a Paring Knife, Score the Ham, Creating a Diamond Pattern. Insert Cloves Into the Corners of Each Diamond. |
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Place the Ham on a Rack Set in a 12 X 15-Inch Roasting Pan. Cover Loosely With Foil, and Bake Until Ham Appears Juicy, About 30 Minutes. |
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Place Brown Sugar and Mustard in a Medium Bowl, and Stir to Combine. |
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Gradually Add Ginger Ale to Brown Sugar Mixture Until a Pourable Consistency Is Achieved; You May not Need the Whole Can. |
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Remove Ham from Oven and Remove Foil. Pour Brown Sugar Mixture Over Ham. Make Sure You Coat the Sides Too. |
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Cover Ham With Foil, Return to Oven, and Cook For 1 Hour, Basting Every 20 Minutes. |
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Remove Foil For Last 20 Minutes. |
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Remove Ham from Oven. |
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Arrange Pineapple Rings and Maraschino Cherries in a Docorative Pattern on Ham, Securing Them With Toothpicks. |
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Baste the Fruit. |
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Bake Ham Until Fruit Is Heated Through, 7 to 10 Minutes. |
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Sprinkle Ham With Coconut Garnish, If Desired. |
