NEW YORK STYLE BAGELS
- 500 g white bread flour
- 7 g instant yeast
- 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 300 ml warm water (blood temperature)
- 100 g extra bread flour for kneading
- Topping: sesame seeds/mixed seed/ whatever you like, optional
In a mixer bowl add the flour, on one side of the bowl add the salt and sugar and on the other side add the yeast. With a dough hook attachment mix for a minute on low. Add water slowly and stir just enough until it forms a ball and the dough comes off the bottom.
Knead the dough on medium / low while adding the extra dough trying to incorporate all of it. (This dough is super tough and it will be hard on the machine while kneading. I actually took the dough out and carried on kneading by hand. Very very dense) Total kneading time at least 15 minutes.
Brush a bowl with a little olive oil and turn dough in the bowl to coat with oil also. Cover bowl tightly with cling wrap and cover with a dish cloth and let rise until double in size – about an hour. (I covered mine with a blanket)
Once risen, knock down and divide dough into 8 equal pieces.
Shape each piece into a perfect round ball by placing the ball on your counter and rolling the ball in your cupped palm while moving your hand in a circular motion creating a smooth ball.
Gently press your finger into the center of each ball and stretch to create a ring about 2 and a half cm wide and place on a lined baking sheet.
Clover in cling wrap and a dish cloth and let it rest for about 20 min.
Preheat oven to 200°C.
Fill a large pot with water and when the water starts boiling drop in 3 or 4 dough rings and boil for 2 minutes on each side. Place back on cookie sheet and repeat with rest of rings.
Egg wash rings and dip into topping / seed/ leave plain.
Bake until golden for about 20 minutes.
Store in an airtight container. They taste best eaten the next day and toasted a few minutes in the toaster. I served mine with my homemade Chives Cream Cheese 😁 😁
YUM!!
Recipe posted by Dalila De Barros Viljoen
Photos: Dalila De Barros Viljoen
