Bagels are chewy because they are boiled before they are baked: possibly the only bread that is made in this way, aside from some varieties of bread Pretzels. Dough made with yeast is formed into rings and allowed to rise. When the dough has risen, the rings are dropped for a few seconds into boiling…
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Bialys
Bialys are round, low, chewy yeast-risen Polish / Jewish bread rolls with an indentation in the centre at the top that is filled with chopped onion. Sometimes, they are sprinkled with poppy seed as well. Bialys are not good day-old; they really need to be eaten as a soft, fresh roll. They can be eaten…
Challah (Bread Machine Recipe)
The bread machine here does 95% of the work for you — and they’ll never know it.
Kosher
Kosher is a Jewish religious term applied to food, meaning prepared or produced and packaged under supervision of a Kosher inspector, called a “meshkiach.” Jewish dietary laws are very closely tied in with their religious laws, which were designed to unite a group of tribes, give them a common identity, and to make them different…
Kosher Rye Bread Recipe
The bread machine does 95% of the work for you in this rye bread recipe.
Kosher Wine
A wine marked “Kosher” does not mean that the wine is free of additives, as some people have come to believe. It may or may not be additive-free, but the main thing that makes a wine Kosher is how it was handled. For a wine to be Kosher, Gentiles must not have touched it at…
Matzo
Matzo is a flat bread made in thin sheets made from white wheat flour and water with no leavener. Despite the absence of leavener, Matzo bread isn’t heavy. It is baked in very hot ovens so that air trapped in the dough expands and make the bread light. The bread comes perforated so it is…
Orangetti Squash
Orangetti Squash is a spaghetti squash variety that is orange instead of yellow. It has a thick, hard, golden-orange rind, with small tan flecks on the rind The flesh is also golden-orange, with mild flavour. The squash has an upright oval shape, 7 to 8 inches (17 ½ to 20 cm) tall. Though the orange…
Pesachticky Jam Recipe
No one will guess this is made from beets. They break down completely, and the jam comes out a treacly brown.
Unleavened Bread
Unleavened bread is bread that is made with nothing in it to make it rise: that is, no leavening, be it a chemical leavener, a yeast or a starter dough. Well-known examples are chapati, matzo and Mexican tortillas. Not all flat breads, however, are necessarily unleavened. In Church services, Western Christianity uses unleavened bread, whereas…