Ham balls with brown sugar sauce
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups | GROUND HAM (1 1/2 LBS.) |
| 1 | cup | QUICK COOKING OATS, UNCOOKED |
| ¼ | teaspoon | CINNAMON |
| ¼ | teaspoon | GROUND CLOVES |
| 2 | eaches | LARGE EGGS, SLIGHTLY BEATEN |
| ½ | cup | MILK |
| 2 | tablespoons | PREPARED MUSTARD |
| ⅓ | cup | BROWN SUGAR ** |
| 3 | tablespoons | VINEGAR ** |
| 1 | tablespoon | CORNSTARCH ** |
| ¼ | teaspoon | CINNAMON ** |
Directions
** INGREDIENTS USED IN SAUCE
1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 400 F.
2. IN A LARGE BOWL, WITH HANDS, LIGHTLY MIX HAM BALL INGREDIENTS AND ¼ TEASPOON PEPPER UNTIL COMBINED. SHAPE INTO 12 BALLS, DIVIDING EVENLY.
ARRANGE IN A SHALLOW PAN; BAKE, UNCOVERED, AT 400 F. FOR 15 MINUTES.
3. MEANWHILE, MAKE THE SAUCE. IN A SMALL SAUCEPAN, BRING THE BROWN SUGAR, CINNAMON, VINEGAR AND 1½ CUPS WATER TO A BOIL. SIMMER FOR 5 MINUTES. IN A SMALL DISH, MIX CORNSTARCH WITH ¼ CUP WATER UNTIL WELL BLENDED. STIR INTO SAUCE MIXTURE. BRING TO A BOIL, STIRRING CONSTANTLY. SIMMER 1 MINUTE UNTIL THICKENED. POUR OVER HAM AND BAKE FOR 30 MINUTES LONGER. BASTE OCCASIONALLY WITH SAUCE MIXTURE.
NOTE: SERVE WITH PARMESAN POTATOES FOR A COMPLETE MEAL (SEE VEGETABLES)