Jewish Bagels Recipe
Popularly known as the bread with a hole, bagel is quite a versatile bread. Originated by the jews, bagels are now a part of the global cuisine. Often stuffed with smoked salmon, makes it a fantastic bread to accompany the filling. Its chewy nature is surely something to watch out for.
Ingredients
| Bread high-gluten flour - 6-8 cups | ||
| Baking yeast | 4 Tablespoon | |
| Granulated white sugar | 6 Tablespoon | |
| Salt | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Hot water | 3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Vegetable oil | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Water | 1 Gallon | |
| Malt syrup - 3-5 tablespoons | ||
| White and black sesame seeds – 2 tablespoons | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1. In a bowl, add hot water, sugar or honey, yeast, dissolve them and let it stand for 10 minutes.
2. Once foam forms, add flour, salt to the yeast mix and knead well to form firm dough. Allow it to rest in a damp environment.
MAKING
3. Once the dough has doubled in volume, punch it down and divide into balls.
4. Each of these balls, roll into a long strand, and form rings, like doughnuts, tapering the ends well, and place on floured tray. Allow to rest for 10 minutes
5. In a pot, boil water, add malt syrup and in a batch of 5 add the formed rings into simmering water, and boil for 4 minutes on each side, then remove using a slotted spoon on to a greased tray.
FINALISING
6. Sprinkle white and black sesame seeds over the boiled bagels.
7. In a pre-heated oven bake the bagels at 200 degrees centigrade for about 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
SERVE
8. Serve with nice cream cheese.
1. In a bowl, add hot water, sugar or honey, yeast, dissolve them and let it stand for 10 minutes.
2. Once foam forms, add flour, salt to the yeast mix and knead well to form firm dough. Allow it to rest in a damp environment.
MAKING
3. Once the dough has doubled in volume, punch it down and divide into balls.
4. Each of these balls, roll into a long strand, and form rings, like doughnuts, tapering the ends well, and place on floured tray. Allow to rest for 10 minutes
5. In a pot, boil water, add malt syrup and in a batch of 5 add the formed rings into simmering water, and boil for 4 minutes on each side, then remove using a slotted spoon on to a greased tray.
FINALISING
6. Sprinkle white and black sesame seeds over the boiled bagels.
7. In a pre-heated oven bake the bagels at 200 degrees centigrade for about 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
SERVE
8. Serve with nice cream cheese.
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