Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: tired

Ham+Mango=WOW

So I made the mango-basted ham today. Put the ham in the pan, spiced the mango pulp, brushed it on. Went outside for a while to burn trash. Came back in. ZOMG my nose is having an orgasm! The whole house smelled like cloved ham and fruit. Basted ham again, went back outside. Finished trash. *drool drool* Is it done yet? Almost done. Basted ham. Friends hovering around like flies. Shoo, shoo, the oven is hot.

Ham went on table and nearly fell off the bone. I have not seen ham do this before. It was the tenderest, juiciest ham I'd ever tasted -- and generously flavored of spiced tropical fruit. Haven't got the energy to type up the whole recipe tonight, but will try to do that tomorrow. I wrote down what I did as I went along. Definitely we'll be making this again. It was so good, we saved the fat and rind to throw in a pot of beans later.
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  • 6 comments
beckyzoole

beckyzoole

January 27 2008, 22:56:13 UTC 13 years ago

This sounds soooo good! Does mango have the same sort of natural meat tenderizers in it as papaya does?
ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

January 27 2008, 23:11:35 UTC 13 years ago

I have no idea, but that would certainly explain what happened to the meat. Papaya as a meat tenderizer, hmmm? Must keep that in mind. I know that citrus can have that effect on things, because of the acid.
beckyzoole

beckyzoole

January 27 2008, 23:31:23 UTC 13 years ago

Yep. Papain is a natural enzyme used in meat tenderizers. Unripe papayas have a higher concentration of papain than ripe ones, so high that eating unripe papaya can give you a mild chemical burn on your tongue and gums. (Which is, I think, how they got the idea of using it for meat tenderizer in the first place.)

Geeky food facts. I haz them.
ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

January 28 2008, 00:41:01 UTC 13 years ago

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

I've always been intrigued by geeky food facts, and my interest is growing as I devise more recipes.
je_reviens

je_reviens

January 30 2008, 01:48:45 UTC 13 years ago

mmmmm that sounds LOVELY.

I read your recipe and I was thinking.....if one cooks alone (as I do) perhaps one could pour some mango into the baking pan, spread it around with the brush, and then plop the ham on top of that, rather than trying to lift it and coat it.
ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

January 30 2008, 02:13:43 UTC 13 years ago

Yeah, that should work. You could probably also reduce the amounts, pour it in the pan, and use it to coat both sides of a ham steak by flipping the steak over in the pan.