When making this recipe, try going to a butcher to get a fresh ham, not the brined, spiral cut or “city” ham variety. If you’re having trouble finding it, pork shoulder makes a better substitute than any sort of cured ham.
Dessert wines are typically made from late-harvested grapes that have accumulated very high amounts of sugar. Often, the grapes for such wines have also been dried, or raisinated, further concentrating the sugars. These sweet wines are pair well with sweet desserts or can be dessert on their own. Famous examples include Sauternes, from France and very late harvest Riesling wines from Germany.