Holiday Ham With Cherry Sauce (Diabetic)

Ingredients:

5 pounds fully cooked boneless ham
Whole cloves
Parsley sprigs
Cherry Sauce
2 cans (16-ounces each) red tart pitted cherries in juice, undrained*
2/3 to 3/4 can unsweetened pineapple juice
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 cup cornstarch
7 1/4 to 10 3/4 teaspoons Equal? for Recipes or 24 to 36 packets Equal?
sweetener or 1 to 1 1/2 cups Equal? Spoonful?
Red food coloring (optional)

Method:

1. Place ham in roasting pan; stud with cloves. Roast ham at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) until thermometer inserted in center of ham register 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), about 1 1/2 hours.
2. Slice ham and arrange on platter with bowl of Cherry Sauce in the center. Garnish with parsley.
Cherry Sauce
1. Drain cherries, reserving juice in 2-cup glass measure; add enough
pineapple juice to make 2 cups. Pour juice mixture and lemon juice into medium saucepan; whisk in cornstarch until smooth. Heat to boiling, whisking constantly; boil until thickened, whisking constantly, about 1 minute.
2. Add cherries to saucepan; cook over medium heat until hot throughout, 3
to 4 minutes. Stir in Equal? and food coloring.
Makes about 4 2/3 cups.

Helpful Hints:

Makes 16 servings
Tip:
2 packages (16-ounces each) frozen no-sugar-added pitted cherries, thawed,
can be substituted for the canned cherries; drain cherries thoroughly and add
enough pineapple juice to make 2 cups. Proceed with recipe as above.
Nutrition information per serving:
246 cal., 30g pro., 12g carbo., 8 g fat, 75 mg chol., 1710 mg sodium.
Food exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1 fruit.


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