Hebrew sesame bagels with step-by-step photos

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Oct 26th 2005 @ 2:09PM

You've gotta love the power of food blogs. I've discovered an English-speaking Israeli blog that makes me want to weep. Chanit is welcoming, enthusiastic, and a painstaking photographer. She's provided a wealth of recipes with step-by-step instructions, none more compelling than these delicious-looking (and, she insists, easy) sesame bagels, from a Hebrew recipe. The recipe doesn't call for boiling the bagels before baking them, though - can anyone fill me in on whether this is a regional difference or just a quirk to this particular recipe? It sure makes bagels seem doable - it can't hurt to try.

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Tags: baking, boiling, breakfast, grains, middle east

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10-27-2005 @9:25AM Myron said... I'll have to defer to an Israeli using a recipe written in Hebrew, but I consider boiling an important step in making a bagel. Besides, the boiling part is easy.

I've tried the "poke a hole in the middle" technique for shaping bagels and found it lacking. I suggest making a rope and joining the ends. Its easier and makes a better looking bagel.

He bakes the bagels in a "turbo" oven. I wonder what that is.
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10-26-2005 @5:29PM Chanit said... Hi ,
First of all, I have to Thank Sarah Gilbert and The "slashfood"-you've mention here my little Blog!:-)
This recipe is based on an authentic Arabic recipe,which was given in the Hebrew Food forum [ORT Israel)l read and write in .
This one is another sort of Bagel -Not like the boiling Bagels ,I know the boiling part is easy,but without the boiling part, you get (I think) Bagels with a softer texture inside.
There are two ways to shape the Bagles,the one I've mention and the other- Myron calls it "making a rope and joining the ends", I find the first way more funny ;-)

Turbo is a build-in 'ventilation' system', using to increase the heat whill baking ,I use this for baking bagels, in my DeLonGhi oven.
Thanks for all the compliments (By the way, I'm a woman) :-) Chanit

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10-26-2005 @5:57PM sarah gilbert said... thanks for piping in Chanit - sorry about calling you a "he"! I've fixed it :) and I'm trying your bagels tomorrow, maybe I'll do a comparison to the boiled version and see which my friends like better.
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10-26-2005 @9:15PM Terry Bain said... I used to love to make bagels, though they often turned out more akin to sporting goods than edible items. This mention has inspired me to give it another spin.
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