Best Vegan Ham Recipe (Seitan)

Step 1

Drain tofu, wrap in paper towels and squeeze out extra moisture with your hands. Break into chunks and add to food processor with rest of  ingredients EXCEPT GLUTEN and process until smooth like a puree

Step 2

Now add vital wheat gluten evenly over the top and mix until just combined, it's ok if you see a bit of flour on top.

Step 3

Turn dough onto counter and knead 20-25 times and form into a ham shaped loaf.

Step 4

Wrap tightly and completely with a large piece of tin foil and place in a steamer insert of a steamer pot. Fill the base of the pot with water making sure it doesn't touch the steamer insert. Cover and steam for 1 hour. Flip half way though cooking time and add more water if it's getting to low

Step 5

While ham is steaming preheat oven to 375° and whisk the glaze ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.

Step 6

Unwrap ham, place on cutting board. Score the ham in a crisscross pattern (shallow cuts) and decorate with whole cloves if desired. Place in a small casserole dish (just a little bigger than the roast) pour over the maple glaze. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes basting generously with the glaze every 10 minutes. Remove from oven spoon over more glaze. Cool for a couple minutes, slice and serve. Enjoy any night of the week or with all the holiday fixings like vegan scalloped potatoes, or mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cornbread, roasted vegetables, pumpkin pie for dessert! or slice thin for ham sandwiches! Mmm. For step by step photos see above post