Zomick's Challah Bread
As you can see, it has an interesting story behind it. Here, bakers from the Zomick’s Kosher Bakery explain how the Zomick’s Challah Bread is prepared.
ZOMICK’S CHALLAH BREAD
Ingredients:
(For two loaves)
5 teaspoons (*) dry baker's yeast
350 ml. warm water
150 gr. of sugar
110 ml. sunflower oil or mild olive oil
5 eggs L (+1 for brushing)
1 teaspoon salt
1 kg. bread flour (+ extra for kneading)
Sesame or poppy seeds for garnish
(*) One teaspoon = 1 teaspoon = 5 ml.
Preparation of the Zomick’s Challah Bread
1. Bakers from Zomick’s Kosher Bakery indicate that first of all, you should heat the water in a microwave and put the yeast in it. Let it stand for 5 minutes.
2. The second step for the preparation of the Zomick’s Challah Bread is to add the oil, sugar and salt to the water and yeast mixture and mix with the shovel of your food processor.
3. The eggs should be added one by one.
4. The next step for the preparation of the Zomick’s Challah Bread is to add the flour little by little. At this point, you should switch to the dough hook accessory. It is better to use 900 gr. and, if you see that the dough is still very sticky, we add the 100 gr. remaining. When the dough is soft and elastic (although it will still be somewhat sticky) and has detached from the walls of the bowl, you should stop kneading.
5. After that, you should oil a bowl and let the Zomick’s Challah dough rest in it, covered with a plastic wrap or cloth, for 1 or 1.5 hours or until it doubles in size.
6. Next, put the dough on the floured worktop, and knead it slightly to degas. Then, let it rest again covered by a cloth for 45 more minutes.
7. Divide the dough into 8 portions (4 for each of the breads that are obtained from this Zomick’s Challah Bread recipe).
8. Start with the first Zomick’s Challah bread. For this you should take 4 portions of dough and stretch them to form cylinders. Each cylinder should be about 40 cm long. Then you should form the braid.
9. Next, you should form the second braid and let it rest for another half hour. Meanwhile, the oven should be preheaten to 190º.
10. We place the braids of the Zomick’s Challah Bread on two baking trays with special paper. Brush both with beaten egg and decorate with sesame or poppy seeds. Bake the Zomick’s Challah breads one by one for about 20 to 25 minutes or until they take on a nice golden color. A dry and crispy crust will be obtained, but do not worry, the crumb will be super fluffy. If you see that they brown too much, cover them with albal paper.
11. Let the Zomick’s Challah Bread cool for about 15 minutes. Then, you can enjoy your Zomick’s Challah Bread!
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