My son LOVES ham! I mean like really loves it, eats it with such incredible enthusiasm. Along with the ham, he absolutely loves his fruit, pineapple being amongst the vast list of likes! While we were still in the Stage 2 Dinner stage, he LOVED the ham dinners! Most of the dinners it took him a few times to figure out if he likes it or not, and he had enough of the chicken and turkey after awhile, but the ham was IMMEDIATE! As he grew, I needed to come up with a quick and easy ham dinner that didn't involve baking a ham for hours on end. Alas, the ham steak! It's prepared the same way a baked ham would be, and in a fraction of the time. It can be served with rice or with potatoes (baked, roasted or mashed)
Yields about 4 servings
Cook time: 20-30 min, a little less the smaller the ham steak, longer the bigger
Ingredients:
- 1-2 lb ham steak
- 1 (14 OZ) can of preferably sliced, but can use chunk, pineapple
- brown sugar, just enough to sprinkle on top of ham steak (optional)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Trim fat off ham steak and place in a baking dish. Arrange pineapple slices on top of steak, and pour juices all over.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes uncovered. Baste occassionally so the ham doesn't dry out!
- After 20-25 minutes, baste again and sprinkle some brown sugar over the top.
- Return to oven, BROIL for about 5 minutes, this is so the sugar on top of the pineapple can start to almost carmelize.
*If you choose to omit the brown sugar, leave the ham in for an extra 5 minutes at Step 3.
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