Bagels with Paprika and Cream Cheese
Freshly baked bagels topped with spicy cream cheese spread and crunchy paprika pieces are a guaranteed hit at children's parties.
Ingredients
- 150 ml buttermilk
- 1 packet dry yeast
- 1 tsp Honey
- 280 g flour (Type 1050)
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1 tsp Sweet paprika powder
- 10 g black sesame (1 tbsp)
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 200 g Cream cheese (13% fat)
- 1 tbsp yogurt (1.5% fat)
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- 1 Garlic clove
- 200 g red bell pepper (1 red bell pepper)
- 400 g yellow bell pepper (2 yellow bell peppers)
- soy sauce (to taste)
- 500 g cucumber (1 cucumber)
Instructions
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1.
Warm the buttermilk in a small pot. Stir in dry yeast and honey.
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2.
Add flour, 1 tsp salt, some pepper, and paprika powder to a mixing bowl. Pour in the lukewarm yeast-buttermilk mixture and knead with hand mixer attachments until smooth; if dough is too firm add a little water.
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3.
Cover dough with a kitchen towel and let rise for about 1 hour in a warm place until it has roughly doubled.
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4.
Divide the risen dough into 10 equal pieces and shape into balls. Make a hole in each ball with your finger and enlarge by circling with your fingers.
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5.
Boil 1 l of water in a large pot and dissolve baking soda in it. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
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6.
Dip bagels portion-wise in the boiling baking soda water for 1 minute using a slotted spoon. Remove, let drain slightly, and place on prepared tray. Bake in preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan) on middle rack for 10‑15 minutes.
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7.
Meanwhile mix cream cheese with yogurt and tomato paste. Peel garlic, finely mince, and fold into the mixture.
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8.
Halve bell peppers, remove seeds, and wash. Dice half of each red and yellow pepper finely and fold into the cream cheese. Season with salt, pepper, and soy sauce.
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9.
Wash cucumber under hot water, dry, peel if desired, and slice into 1 cm thick rounds.
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10.
Remove bagels from oven and let cool slightly on a wire rack.
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11.
Slice remaining bell peppers into wide strips, arrange cucumber slices and cream cheese spread alongside the bagels for serving.
