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VEGAN GLAZED HAM

Vegan glazed ham made of gluten flour
5 from 2 votes
Cook Time 3 hours
Course Main Course
Servings 10

Equipment

  • Oven
  • High-speed blender
  • Frying pan

Ingredients
  

For the ham:

  • 1 cup 2,36 dcl of toasted gluten flour;
  • 1 tsp of corn starch;
  • 400 gr of drained tofu;
  • 2 tsp of onion powder;
  • 1 1/3 tsp of salt;
  • 2 tbsp of grounded champignon sauce powder;
  • bit of vegan red food colour;
  • 2 tbsp of beetroot juice;
  • 3/4 of cup of water;
  • 1 tsp of liquid smoke;
  • 30 gr of vegan butter;

For the soup:

  • 2 l of water;
  • 4 tbsp of soy sauce;
  • 5 tbsp of dark brown vegan colouring;
  • 2 tbsp of liquid smoke;
  • 2 1/2 tsp of salt;
  • 2 vegetable bouillon cubes;

For the glaze:

  • 4 tbsp of vegan butter or oil
  • 2 tbsp of soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp of maple syrup
  • 3 tbsp of brown sugar
  • a couple of drops of liquid smoke.

Instructions
 

  • Toast gluten flour for 5 min on a non-stick frying pan, then let it cool down. Put it in a bowl, add corn starch and stir it well. Devide it in two equal parts.
  • Tofu mixture: mix tofu with water, onion powder grounded champignon sauce powder, liquid smoke and salt into a creamy mixture, then devide that into 2 equal parts. To the first part of tofu mixture add beetroot juice and a little bit of red colour, and stir that really well. To the second part of tofu mixture add only a tiny little bit of red colour and stir it well too.
  • Combining: pour the first one over one half of seitan mixture and knead that for 4-5 minutes by using a mixer. This one should get a pink colour (as in image). Pour the second one over the second half of seitan mixture and knead that for 4-5 minutes by using a mixer too. That dough should get a very light, mild pink colour (as in image). Now, put separately each part in a food processor and let it chop and mix for 1-2 min. Now combine both doughs into one. Add now butter to it and start kneading with hand palms, you should implant roughly butter into the dough to create a small butter gaps in it. Put the dough in a cloth for making plant milk and tie it with a thick thread (or very, very thin rope) on several places (as in image).
  • Cooking: prepared like that, vegan ham is ready to be cooked in a simmering water for 3 hours (if you have a slow cooker you can use it for this purpose). Let it cool down, then put the pot with liquid and ham in it into the refrigerator over night.
  • Tomorrow glaze the ham (take it out of water and remove the cloth and threads, then use it): put some vegan butter with brown sugar on a frying pan and let it briefly caramelise, then add soy sauce, liquid smoke and maple syrup and stir well. Add add ham into it and glaze it. Flip it several times until you are fully satisfied with glazing. Let it cool down. Serve it with glazed carrots, horse radish sauce, pease and smashed potatoes (recipe for smashed potatoes is available on this blog).