Our Pineapple Raisin Sauce has plump raisins and pineapple tidbits in a luscious sweet and spicy sauce.
Like many families, a baked ham is on the menu for holiday dinners at our house including Christmas and Easter. Our Pineapple Raisin Sauce is a wonderful, easy sauce to serve along with your holiday ham!
My husband Jack has been making this Pineapple Raisin Sauce recipe for as long as I can remember, and it wouldn’t be a holiday meal without it! In fact, he always gets rave reviews from our dinner guests whenever we serve it. (And, more often than not, someone asks him to share the recipe.)
How do you make Pineapple Raisin Sauce?
This Pineapple Raisin Sauce is a wonderful blend of sweetness from the raisins, pineapple, and brown sugar, savory from the cloves and ginger, and some Dijon mustard gives the sauce a little flavor kick that perfectly complements a salty baked ham! We’ve used a mix of both dark and golden raisins here for more visual appeal, but any raisins you have on hand will work for this delicious sauce.
Although this Pineapple Raisin Sauce looks very fancy, it is quite easy to make and chances are you have most of the ingredients in your kitchen cabinet. We used crushed canned pineapple to make today’s recipe, but feel free to use fresh pineapple if you prefer.
It also only takes about fifteen minutes to prepare – and it can easily be made in advance and reheated just before serving.
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Our Pineapple Raisin Sauce has plump raisins and pineapple tidbits in a luscious sweet and spicy sauce.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Category: sauce
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
4 teaspoons corn starch
2 6-ounce cans pineapple juice
1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup raisins
Instructions
- In a small cup, dissolve corn starch with enough of the pineapple juice to make a slurry. (A slurry is cold liquid mixed with cornstarch until smooth and glossy.) Set aside.
- Mix all other ingredients in a medium-sized sauce pan and bring to a boil over low heat.
- Add slurry mixture and stir until thickened. Remove from heat.
- Serve over sliced baked ham.
Notes
Sauce may be thinned with additional pineapple juice if it becomes too thick.
Absolutely the best Ham sauce, in the world!
Thank you Wes!
Have made this wonderful sauce for garlic pepper seasoned pork roast – swoony good!
Thanks Nancy!
I have looking a pineapple raisin dressing since a Mother’s Day meal at a restaurant. This recipe is what I have been searching for. Thank you.
You’re welcome Judith – hope the sauce is a delicious as the one you enjoyed at the restaurant!
Can I make ahead and how long will the sauce keep?
Hi Gran – Yes – You could make it a day or two ahead of time.
I used this raisin sauce recipe for tofu and my family loved it.
Thank you.
What a great suggestion Susan – thanks for sharing!
Absolutely scrumptious! We CANNOT eat ham without this sauce ever again!
So glad you enjoyed the sauce Betsy!
I would reduce the cloves to a pinch It over powers the pineapple flavor.
Thanks for your feedback N – sorry you were disappointed. Hopefully once you serve it with the salty ham, you’ll enjoy it more.