Tofu Easter Ham???

Maybe somebody braver than me can try this and tell me what you think???

Maple Glazed Holiday Roast

1 Vegan Holiday Roast (completely defrosted - we recommend using a Tofurky)

20-25 Whole Cloves
1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup White Wine or Apple Juice
1 Tablespoon Applesauce
2-3 Dashes of Liquid Smoke
1/4 teaspoon Ground Mustard Seed
1/4 Cup + 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
Pinch of Crushed Pink Himalayan Salt
Pinch of Crushed Black Peppercorns

Heat oven to 350.

Once your Holiday Roast is completely defrosted, use a large knife that doesn't have a serrated blade and gently press a very shallow crisscross pattern across the top of your Holiday Roast. You can probably tell from our pictures that I made my cuts too deep in this roast. It didn't make it look as polished but I did like having the flavorful glaze baking into the the Roast that deep. So it is up to you how deep you want to cut your pattern.

Take a bamboo skewer and gently poke a hole in the center of each diamond created on the Holiday Roast by the pattern. Cloves can be a little brittle so this will help you insert them into the Holiday Roast without crumbling. Very gently press your cloves into the holes in your Holiday Roast until the stem in completely inserted and just the little bud is showing. Place your Holiday Roast in a glass baking dish.

In your favorite mixing bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients except any leftover cloves and 2 tablespoons of the Maple Syrup until the Brown Sugar dissolves. Then brush a layer of Glaze over your entire Holiday Roast. You want to make sure you get the ends and in the all the crack. Even lift your Holiday Roast in the dish so that any Glaze that has collected in the dish can cover the bottom. Then put your Holiday Roast in the oven to bake for 10 minutes.

Then pull your Holiday Roast out and brush another layer of Glaze over the top and bake it for another 10 minutes. Then brush yet another layer of Glaze over the top and bake it for another 10 minutes. Let your Holiday Roast cool for 5-8 minutes and then drizzle the remaining 2 tablespoons of Maple Syrup over the top.

Now you're ready to Easter! (Or something)

I will give you a serving tip though - use a fork to pull the cloves out of your Holiday Roast before slicing it to serve. It not only makes it easier to slice but have you ever eaten a whole cloves? I'm pretty sure mankind wasn't meant to. You'll keep the spice flavor of the clove in the Holiday Roast even without the actual clove - so don't worry about it.