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Homemade Sesame Bagels Recipe
Homemade Bagels are in a different league to the usual dry supermarket offerings. They're also a doddle to make and include some fun boiling!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 7 g Fast-Acting Dried Yeast - 7g dried yeast = 15g Fresh Yeast
- 5 tbsp Sugar
- 0.5 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 300 ml Water
- 500 g Strong White Flour (Bread Flour) - + extra for kneading
- 2 tbsp Sea Salt Flakes
- 1 Egg
- 1 tbsp Untoasted Sesame Seeds
Instructions
- Add 7g Instant Yeast, 1 tbsp Sugar and 0.5 tbsp Vegetable Oil to 300 ml Warm Water. Stir and set aside.
- Combine 500g of Strong White Flour and 2 tbsp Sea Salt Flakes in a mixing bowl - ideally in a stand mixer with a dough hook.
- Add the yeast mix to the flour mix.
- Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes. It should be a stiff/hard/quite dry dough. Add more flour or water to achieve that consistency if needed.
- Put the dough into an oiled bowl, cover and leave in a warm place for 1 hour to prove.
- In the meantime, line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper and oil the paper.
- Continue once the dough is well risen (it should retain the impression of your finger when prodded).
- Punch the dough down and knead it a little until smooth.
- Divide the dough in half, half again and then half again to make 8 mounds of dough.
- Roll each mound into a ball using the palms of your hands then flatten a little.
- Poke a hole in the middle and stretch the now doughnut shaped dough - I like to use the spin-it-around-your-index-finger technique.
- Lightly cover them and leave each bagel resting on the oiled baking tray for 20 minutes to second prove.
- Meanwhile preheat the oven to 240c or equivalent and put a full kettle on to boil. Also fill a large pan with a little water and 4 tbsp Sugar stirred into it on the hob on a medium/high heat.
- Add the now boiled kettle water to the pan and bring back to the boil.
- The bagels should now have risen again and puffed up.
- Poach each of the bagels in the sugared water for 1 minute - do this in batches commensurate to the size of your pan - do not overcrowd the pan. Carefully turn the bagels once in the water.
- Replace the bagels back on their oiled baking sheet once poached.
- Beat 1 Egg and use a brush to glaze the top.
- Sprinkle the ugly-ass boiled bagels with 1 tbsp Sesame Seeds.
- Bake the bagels for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.
Nutrition (Approx)
Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 1755mg | Potassium: 75mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 0.8mg