Holiday Ham Glaze - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup lemon-lime soda (such as Sprite(R))
1/3 cup orange liqueur
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

Stir brown sugar, lemon-lime soda, orange liqueur, cloves, allspice, salt, and black pepper together in a saucepan; bring to a simmer and cook until glaze is reduced by 1/4, about 10 minutes.
Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into another saucepan. Bring mixture to a simmer again and cook until glaze is about the consistency of maple syrup, about 10 minutes more.