Rita Makes Family Meals Easy & Delicious Take a walk with me through the streets of my childhood, the streets of South Philadelphia where you can share the aromas of simmering tomatoes, hints of garlic and minty sweet basil.
Or, use my cookbook to help transform your own kitchen into a delightful bouquet of ingredients that invites your family and guests to the table.
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Buon appetito!
-Rita
Featured Recipe: Baked Ham
(See my cookbook for more of my easy-to-follow recipes)
Ingredients:
10-15 lb. Ham (put a fresh ham into a pot of water and bring to a boil for 5 minutes to remove salt. If canned ham is used, there is no need to boil.) Sauce:16 oz. bottle of ginger ale ¼ cup of maple syrup2 tbsp. brown sugar (or to taste)5 slices of canned pineapple ½ cup pineapple juice from can5 maraschino cherries
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°
Put ham into roasting pan
Pour ginger ale, pineapple juice and maple over ham (in that order)
Sprinkle ham with brown sugar
Arrange slices of pineapple on ham and pin a cherry into the center of each slice with a toothpick
Bake until edges of ham are crispy
Baste ham occasionally with pan juices.Your ham is ready to slice and eat. Enjoy!
