PINEAPPLE HAM WITH AVOCADO
(Zimbabwe)
Yield: 8 portions
In a 1 quart bowl:

Combine: 2 cups CRUSHED PINEAPPLE, canned

1/2 cup BROWN SUGAR
2 Tbs. PREPARED MUSTARD
1 tsp. GROUND CLOVES.
Lay out on a baking sheet 8 1/2-Ib. HAM STEAKS, cut 1/2-inch thick, side by side.

Spread pineapple mixture uniformly over the ham steaks.

Bake at 350' for 20 minutes or until the pineapple has glazed the ham. (If mixture has not glazed enough, sprinkle with brown sugar and return to heat for 5 more minutes.)

Peel and Stone 2 ripe AVOCADOS.

Cut in uniform 1/2-inch slices.

Lift each ham steak onto dinner plates with a spatula.

Arrange 4 or 5 slices of avocado on each ham steak.

Serve with BAKED SWEET POTATOES in their jackets.