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Warm Pineapple Sauce

March 30, 2018 by Emily Hill 36 Comments

Warm pineapple sauce combines crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard—and it tastes like candy! Use it to top baked ham, pancakes, waffles, biscuits or eat it with a spoon!

WARM PINEAPPLE SAUCE -- This warm pineapple sauce with its combination of crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard is like candy! No ham dinner is complete without a bowl of this syrupy goodness on your holiday table! | halfscratched

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This warm pineapple sauce should come with a warning label due to it’s highly addictive flavor. I mean, the stuff basically tastes like some sort of warm, syrupy dessert topping—not that it’s a bad thing to have something that good on the dinner menu.

WARM PINEAPPLE SAUCE -- This warm pineapple sauce with its combination of crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard is like candy! No ham dinner is complete without a bowl of this syrupy goodness on your holiday table! | halfscratched

The first time I had this pineapple sauce was Easter dinner years and years ago. It changed my life because I’m not usually one who enjoys the tradition ham at Easter…unless it’s Honeybaked and those are a gazillion dollars.

I generally find home-cooked ham, even the spiral cut ones from the store, to be a little on the dry side. But now that we serve this warm pineapple sauce with it, it can be as dry as Arizona in July and I’d eat it.

WARM PINEAPPLE SAUCE -- This warm pineapple sauce with its combination of crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard is like candy! No ham dinner is complete without a bowl of this syrupy goodness on your holiday table! | halfscratched

Have I mentioned this homemade pineapple topping has only a handful of ingredients and takes just a few minutes to make? You can have this baby on the table in about five minutes, which is great because it seems I’m always forgetting something when hosting holiday dinners.

WARM PINEAPPLE SAUCE -- This warm pineapple sauce with its combination of crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard is like candy! No ham dinner is complete without a bowl of this syrupy goodness on your holiday table! | halfscratched

It’s totally okay to forget this sauce because no one will know. They’ll simply think you waited to make it so it was fresh and piping hot for that holiday ham!

WARM PINEAPPLE SAUCE -- This warm pineapple sauce with its combination of crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard is like candy! No ham dinner is complete without a bowl of this syrupy goodness on your holiday table! | halfscratched

You’ll for sure want to add the ingredients for this warm pineapple sauce to your holiday shopping list. But don’t worry because you probably have everything but the crushed pineapple in your pantry!

Keep in mind, if you want to use this on ice cream, pancakes, waffles, etc. (sweet versus savory dishes), you’ll want to cut way back on the mustard or leave it out all together.

WARM PINEAPPLE SAUCE -- This warm pineapple sauce with its combination of crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard is like candy! No ham dinner is complete without a bowl of this syrupy goodness on your holiday table! | halfscratched

WARM PINEAPPLE SAUCE -- This warm pineapple sauce with its combination of crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard is like candy! No ham dinner is complete without a bowl of this syrupy goodness on your holiday table! | halfscratched

Warm Pineapple Sauce

Yield: 12
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

This warm pineapple sauce with its combination of crushed pineapple, brown sugar, and hint of mustard is like candy! No ham dinner is complete without a bowl of this syrupy goodness on your holiday table!

Ingredients

  • 1 (20-oz) can crushed pineapple in juice
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

  1. Whisk pineapple, brown sugar, mustard, lemon juice, cornstarch, and sea salt in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes until thickened. Serve warm.
  2. NOTE: If you're using this as a topping for sweet dishes, you'll want to cut the mustard way back or leave it out all together.

Notes

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 87Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 59mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 0gSugar: 21gProtein: 0g
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Cuisine: American / Category: side dishes


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Filed Under: food & recipes, holidays, side dishes Tagged With: Easter, easy recipe, ham, homemade sauce, homemade syrup, pineapple, pineapple sauce, pineapple topping, sauce, syrup

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Comments

  1. Alida

    March 31, 2018 at 1:00 am

    Such an unusual recipe but I can only imagine how delicious it will be. ??

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      March 31, 2018 at 8:57 pm

      It really is so dang good!

      Reply
  2. Julie

    March 31, 2018 at 1:22 am

    This looks amazing! I have never thought to make anything like it before! Can’t wait to try the recipe!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      March 31, 2018 at 8:57 pm

      I hope you do!

      Reply
  3. Veena Azmanov

    March 31, 2018 at 1:28 am

    Oh, I definitely want to try this recipe! It looks very tasty! I like all the ingredients in this recipe. I really like. Thanks for sharing this great recipe.

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      March 31, 2018 at 8:57 pm

      That’s what is so great–you can keep all the ingredients on hand!

      Reply
      • Suraya

        May 10, 2020 at 3:57 pm

        Just done myself a pineapple upside down cake.. might use this as a pineapple jam to serve with it!

        Reply
        • Emily Hill

          May 18, 2020 at 7:58 am

          That sounds delish!

          Reply
  4. Emily

    March 31, 2018 at 1:46 am

    Omg warm pineapple sauce, I’m in heaven. I’d dollop this on top of ice cream…yum!!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      March 31, 2018 at 8:57 pm

      I totally need to try that!

      Reply
  5. Katie Crenshaw | A Fork's Tale

    March 31, 2018 at 2:39 am

    This Warm Pineapple Sauce may change my life also! It sounds BRILLIANT! I know it would be great on ham, but it also sounds like it would be fantastic on chicken breasts. Either way, I will be whipping this up to try out for myself soon! Thanks.

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      March 31, 2018 at 8:57 pm

      Someone else mentioned waffles. I think it would be great on everything!

      Reply
  6. Gloria

    December 22, 2018 at 11:58 am

    Not impressed at all. Had to do a lot of doctoring. I followed the recipe exactly using a 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple in its own juice, addling the mustard, lemon juice, cornstarch and salt. The mustard was overpowering.and the taste was very acidic.
    It was not acceptablr and needed something. I added a little white and brown sugar which help improve the taste and seemed to lessen the bite of the acid.
    Do not think I would use this recipe again.

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      December 22, 2018 at 1:03 pm

      I’m so sorry it didn’t work out for you! Did you include the 1 cup of brown sugar when making the original recipe? Without it, it would definitely be too strong with the mustard.

      Reply
    • Sujbear

      April 20, 2019 at 12:35 pm

      Did you forget/leave out the cup of brown sugar?

      Reply
      • Emily Hill

        April 22, 2019 at 3:24 pm

        Nope! It’s in the recipe in both the ingredients and the directions.

        Reply
    • Erica

      November 24, 2019 at 3:41 pm

      That funny because I added more mustard! Haha… to each his own.

      Reply
  7. Jerry

    April 20, 2019 at 12:37 pm

    I take it the capitol T means table spoon (TBS) or does it mean teaspoon tsp?

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      April 22, 2019 at 3:23 pm

      Yes! It means tablespoon. Thanks!

      Reply
  8. Mary-Beth

    November 5, 2019 at 1:10 pm

    So Good! I cut the recipe down a bit since i was using a smaller can of pineapple and it turned out so yummy.. luv it thanks.

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      November 7, 2019 at 8:31 am

      Yay! This makes me so happy!

      Reply
  9. Jill

    November 25, 2019 at 4:38 pm

    I made this for French toast this morning. I left out the mustard and added cinnamon. Wonderful! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      December 2, 2019 at 11:03 am

      That sounds like a delicious tweak!

      Reply
  10. Lynnette

    May 27, 2020 at 11:35 am

    I don’t do a lot of canning, but wondered if this could be canned? What do you think?

    Reply
  11. Lynnette W

    May 27, 2020 at 11:43 am

    Can this be canned?

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      May 27, 2020 at 4:01 pm

      I wish I knew! I don’t can so I can’t be sure.

      Reply
  12. Linda

    September 7, 2020 at 5:00 pm

    Omg- I managed to turn grilled chicken into a dessert! So yummy!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      September 8, 2020 at 3:26 pm

      That sounds amazing!

      Reply
  13. Chelsea

    September 10, 2020 at 9:27 pm

    Hi there, this looks great! How long does it keep for? Or do you have to use it shortly after making?

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      September 13, 2020 at 10:04 am

      We usually eat it so quickly, we don’t have much left over! But I imagine it could keep in the fridge for 3 to 5 days at most.

      Reply
  14. Trisha Golden

    December 21, 2020 at 2:25 am

    I tried this recipe a few years ago & everyone raved about it! I even made extra batches for ice cream—– however, the recipe i used, called for ground mustard powder instead of actual mustard and I found the mustard to not be overbearing or noticeable!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      December 22, 2020 at 8:41 am

      Awesome! Love it!

      Reply
  15. David B

    December 21, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    Thank you for the recipe, I just made it ahead of time for Christmas Eve dinner. Tastes great.

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      December 22, 2020 at 8:41 am

      Yay! I’m so glad you liked it!

      Reply
  16. Michele K Mazurek

    January 4, 2021 at 8:59 am

    I was so excited to make this to top the banana macadamia nut pancakes my daughter was making. IMO, this would be good with ham ir.other meat but unfortunately following the recipe to a “T”, it had too much if a mustard flavor. Boo😔 I only briefly glanced at the reviews and saw all the 5 stars then read them later and those people.hadnt even made it!! Just basing their 5 stars on how yummy it looked or sounded. I wish people wouldn’t review recipes until they’ve actually made them.

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      January 4, 2021 at 9:43 am

      I’m so sorry it was a bit too heavy on the mustard flavor for the pancakes. I will update the recipe to include a note to leave out the mustard if using it as a topping for things like pancakes, ice cream, etc.

      Reply

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