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Country Ham Relish

Country Ham Relish

by Matt Lee, Ted Lee
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Served on crackers, endive leaves, or celery ribs, this sweet and salty relish makes an irresistible hors d’oeuvre. It’s also a delicious sandwich spread—try it on buttered whole wheat toast topped with sliced tomato and romaine lettuce leaves. Serves 12 to 14 as a dip Yields about 2 cups, enough for 8 sandwiches

Make-Ahead: Can be completely prepared ahead (may need reheating and a garnish to serve) Quick: Takes 30 minutes or less, start to finish Test Kitchen Guaranteed: All recipes that run in Fine Cooking magazine are thoroughly tested in our test kitchen
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Ingredients raisins cream cheese mayonnaise more more
8 oz. country ham (uncooked or cooked), trimmed of most fat and diced (about 1-1/2 cups)
1/2 cup golden raisins
4 oz. cream cheese, softened and cut into 2 pieces
3 Tbs. mayonnaise or sour cream; more as needed
3 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
Freshly ground black pepper

Scatter half of the ham in a layer in a food processor fitted with the metal blade, followed by half of the golden raisins. Repeat the layers with the remaining ham and raisins, and pulse until very few golden raisins remain whole, about fifteen 2-second pulses.

Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and dollop the cream cheese, mayonnaise, and pickle relish evenly over the top. With a silicone spatula, blend the mixture until it’s combined well and spreadable. Adjust the texture with more mayonnaise, if desired, and season to taste with black pepper.

Leftovers

The relish can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.
nutrition information (per serving):
Size : Per 1/4 cup; Calories (kcal): 180; Fat (g): 11; Fat Calories (kcal): 100; Saturated Fat (g): 4; Protein (g): 9; Monounsaturated Fat (g): 3.5; Carbohydrates (g): 11; Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 2.5; Sodium (mg): 890; Cholesterol (mg): 35; Fiber (g): 1;
photo: Scott Phillips
From Fine Cooking 122 , pp. 69
February 21, 2013

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Star Star Star Star Star by Pielove, 3/11/2013This transformed a bit of that eternal leftover ham into a delicious sandwich spread. The pickle relish makes it! I used city ham.