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THE GLEANER ’ S CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK 2012
4
Baked Ham
1 ham (10-12 pounds)
3
/
4
cup brown sugar
1 tin pineapple slices
cloves, cherries
METHOD
1. Soak home-cured ham
overnight in sufficient water to
cover it to remove excess salt.
2. Put cold water with ham
in a large pot or pan and bring
water to the boil. Simmer for 2
hours. Allow it to cool in the
same water.
3. Remove from water and
take off skin.
4. Score to make diamond
pattern by cutting through the
fat with a sharp knife – not
more than
1
/
4
” deep in the
lean. Stick a clove in each
diamond.
5. Blend the liquid from the
pineapple slices with the sugar
in a saucepan.
6. Cook over a low flame,
stirring occasionally until the
mixture boils to form a glaze.
7. Pour this glaze over the
ham. Garnish with pineapple
slices and cherries.
8. Put the ham in an oven
and bake at 300 F for 1
1
/
2
hours, or until done, ‘basting’
with the dripping from the
ham.
Maggi Coconut Garlic Shrimp
Serves: 3-4 persons
Prep time: 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
1 lb shrimp, shelled
1 pk (10g) Maggi Season Up Fish
1 tbsp oil
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tbsps Maggi Coconut Milk Powder (dissolved in
3
/
4
cups of water)
2 tsps cornstarch
1 small onion, chopped
1 med sweet pepper, chopped
1 tsp hot pepper sauce/finely chopped hot pepper
METHOD
Pre-season shrimp with Maggi Season Up Fish.
In hot oil, sauté chopped garlic for 1 minute
Dissolve the Maggi Coconut Milk Powder and
cornstarch in water
Add coconut milk mixture and cook for two
minutes
Add shrimp, onions, sweet pepper and hot
pepper to sauce and cook until pink and curled
Toss for 2 minutes
Serve hot.