Want to decorate your holiday table with a truly grandiose, unusual and spectacular snack? Bake a piece of ham in a shell from the puff pastry in the shape of a large pineapple and serve with pineapple the sauce. And when serving, cut the “pineapple” in circles and arrange plates. Each serving will consist of an amazing combination. salty meat, crispy golden puff and amazing сладко-пряного соуса. 
Time: 2hour. 20 minutes. Difficulty: easy Servings: 14 – 16 In the recipes volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1 piece of boneless ham 2.7 kg.
- 2 packs of 0.5 kg each. puff pastry (4 sheets)
- 2 large eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 cans of 227 gr. canned pineapple slices
- 3/4 Art. brown sugar
- 2 tbsp. l apple cider vinegar
- 5 clove buds
- 2 tbsp. l corn starch
- 3 maraschino cherries
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Recipe preparation:
- Place 2 racks on the lower and middle levels of the oven. Preheat the oven to 175 ° C. Line 2 baking sheets parchment. Place the ham with the slice down in the middle of the baking sheet.
- Put 1 sheet of puff pastry on a clean work surface and lightly grease with a beaten egg. Put a second sheet of dough on top and grease with an egg. Repeat the same with the remaining sheets of dough, but do not grease the topmost sheet with the egg.
- Roll out the dough with a rolling pin so that a 7 cm layer is obtained. longer than ham and wide enough to cover it completely. Cut off the extra 7 cm of dough and set aside. Via a long sharp knife, draw diagonal stripes on the test first one way and then the other, cutting through half the layers dough to get a mesh pattern.
- Cover the ham with the dough, gently pulling it up to completely cover the meat. Trim the excess dough in the corners and set aside side to a strip 7 cm wide. Lubricate the wrapped ham with an egg and bake on a medium level oven until the dough is golden, and the ham is hot (approximately 60 ° C), about 2 hours.
- Meanwhile, make a pineapple decor: cut 7 cm wide diagonal so you have 2 long the triangle. Cut the remaining slices of dough into long thin triangles of various sizes. Transfer to the second prepared pan, grease with egg and bake on lower oven level until golden, about 30 minutes turning pan on the other side in the middle of baking.
- In a medium-sized saucepan, combine pineapple, sugar, cloves and vinegar. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to mixture simmer slowly, and boil until it evaporates and slightly thickens, about 20 minutes. Combine the corn in a small bowl. starch with 1/4 tbsp. water to a homogeneous consistency. Add Starch in pineapple sauce, bring to a boil and cook, stirring, until thickening, about 2 minutes. Remove the cloves. Put the sauce in a small bowl, and put cherries on top.
- Place the ham on a serving platter and place baked puff pastry triangles on top of the ham, to get the top of the pineapple. Serve with pineapple mashed potatoes.
