Pineapple Butter Rum Sauce

Pineapple Butter Rum Sauce is pineapple, butter, and a splash of rum cooked into a thick, warm glaze that turns simple meat into something worth talking about.

Terrapin Ridge Farms, a gourmet sauce maker, builds this one from pineapple, butter, rum, vanilla, and molasses. It runs sweet and rich, and it caramelizes fast over heat, so it browns into a glossy coat instead of staying watery. Made for ham, pork, and poultry, the cuts that take a sweet glaze best.

Brush it over a ham in the last half hour so it sets into a lacquer, glaze pork chops or a tenderloin on the grill, or paint it on grilled chicken and pineapple. Because it caramelizes quick, add it late and watch it, then spoon whatever is left over vanilla ice cream once the fire dies down.

• Baked and grilled ham
• Pork chops and tenderloin
• Grilled chicken
• Grilled pineapple
• Vanilla ice cream and pound cake