Bagel Bread | Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

Watch this video to find out how to make freshly baked bagel bread.

BAGEL BREAD

Ingredients

2½ cups refined flour + for dusting
Butter for greasing
1 tablespoon fresh yeast
1½ teaspoons castor sugar
Salt to taste
1 egg
Poppy seeds for sprinkling
White sesame seeds for sprinkling
Black sesame seeds for sprinkling

Method

1. Preheat oven at 180ºC. Grease a baking tray with some butter and dust some flour.
2. Dissolve fresh yeast in 2 tablespoons water alongwith ½ teaspoon castor sugar and heat in the microwave for 10 seconds. Set aside to activate.
3. Sieve refined flour in a bowl. Add salt and remaining castor sugar and mix well. Add activated yeast and mix well. Add some water and knead into soft dough.
4. Dust a worktop with some flour, place the dough and stretch it. Dust a bowl with some flour, place the dough, cover with a damp muslin cloth and set aside to prove for 25-30 minutes.
5. Dust the worktop with some flour, place the dough and knead again. Divide the dough into 4 equal portions.
6. Dust palms with some flour, take each portion and shape them into balls. Cut few balls from the centre using a small cookie cutter, place them onto a greased baking tray.
7. Take remaining balls, stretch to make long dough, criss-cross to seal edges and shape into a roundel. Place them onto a greased baking tray, cover with damp muslin cloth and prove for 10-15 minutes.
8. Heat some water in a non-stick pan. Add salt and bring to boil. Add bagels and poach from both sides for a minute.
9. Dust a baking tray with some flour and set aside.
10. Remove bagels from water and cool. Transfer them onto a baking tray.
11. Break egg into a bowl and whisk well. Brush some egg mixture over bagels, sprinkle some poppy seeds over 2 bagels. Sprinkle some white sesame seeds and black sesame seeds over remaining bagels.
12. Place the baking tray in preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
13. Serve.

Preparation Time: 40-50 minutes
Cooking Time: 25-30 minutes

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Cuisine - Polish

Course - bread

Dish - bread