moira, 6 months ago

not yet bagels but en route to bagels

#bagels #baking

moira, 6 months ago

THE RISING

(part 2)

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moira, 6 months ago

BAHGALS

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moira, 6 months ago

I LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY part one you gotta watch the water like a goddamn hawk because the water temperature wants to go all over the place cold AND hot wtf

in short DO NOT go and try to beat eggs while doing this

or anything else

it might explode

four of my bagels are now very larger

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moira, 6 months ago

BAKING

I had garlic and onions flakes and sesame so that’s what kind they are

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moira, 6 months ago

i dunno if they’re actually going to be good but they smell good

moira, 6 months ago

well, they sure look like bagels so there’s that

moira, 6 months ago

oh the overcooked parts didn’t have enough egg so just brush off, good

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moira, 6 months ago

hot hot hot

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moira, 6 months ago

…that’s genuinely not bad. i’m kind of a montréal bagel snob and these aren’t bad.

could be chewier. needs more boiling time.

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showing bits of the proper bagel-texture structure inside.

maccruiskeen, 6 months ago

@moira if you want chewier bagels, use a little extra gluten in the flour. Bagel bakers use high gluten flour, which is not a usual supermarket item. But gluten powder is. Also, a little lye in the boiling water. I use a spoonful of food grade lye crystals.

moira, 6 months ago

@maccruiskeen I've been meaning to ask: how much is a little extra? I want to try this next week.

Thanks ^_^

maccruiskeen, 6 months ago

@moira depends on your flour. King Arthur bread flour is 12.7 percent gluten but the high gluten flour is 14 percent. So add enough to make up that difference.

moira, 6 months ago

@maccruiskeen That’s what I use! Thanks ^_^

moira, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

anna's making happy noises, i think they came out right

whups she came back for a second, okay, these are good ^_^

here's where @MHowell sent me for the recipe, these are with 90 seconds of boiling on each side vs. the one minute he used

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8j-ZUp7KD0

eta:
and here's a writeup on one page I made from the video, with notes:

https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111365404803717352

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moira, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

next weekend i think i'll try for rosemary-rock-salt, like i always used to get at siegel's in vancouver <3

#vancouver #SiegelsBagels

cynblogger, 6 months ago

@moira
Fax two, please…

moira, 6 months ago

@cynblogger alas, ftp (food transfer protocol) has been fully depreciated and is no longer supported at this instance ^_^

aburka, 6 months ago

@moira these look amazing!!

moira, 6 months ago

@aburka thank you! ^_^

aburka, 6 months ago

@moira will you be destroying all bagels during Destroy All Monsters?

moira, 6 months ago

@aburka i already destroyed a couple today, we'll have to see xD

kitoconnell, 6 months ago

@moira I should not have looked at this right after eating a mediocre airport bagel 😅

moira, 6 months ago

@kitoconnell i'm very pleased with this recipe, still want to try another 30 seconds on each side in the water but it's a quality recipe.