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Chinese Recipe : Ham with Lotus Seeds in Honey Sauce

This is an Eastern Chinese recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 x 2 inch thick slice of ham (about 2 - 2 ¼ lb)
• 3 tbsps brown sugar
• Pinch of ground cinnamon
• 6 tbsps water
• 1 2/3 cups lotus seeds or peanuts

Honey sauce:

• 3 tbsps clear honey
• 1 ½ tbsps sugar
• 2 tsps cornstarch
• 3 tbsps water

Directions:

1. Place the ham on a heatproof dish. Put into a steamer and steam steadily for 1 hour. Cut the ham into 8 pieces, then reassemble them into the original shape.
2. Heat the brown sugar, cinnamon and water in a pan until the sugar is dissolved. Add the lotus seeds or peanuts and cook, stirring for 2 minutes.
3. Spoon the mixture over the ham. Return the dish to the steamer and steam steadily for a further 1 ½ hours.
4. Place the ingredients for the honey sauce in a saucepan and cook, stirring continuously until thickened. Pour over the lotus seeds. The ham should be tender enough to be broken into small bite-size pieces with chopsticks. Serve hot.