Bublik
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5.0
3 reviews
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Prep Time
1 hr
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Cook Time
mins
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Rest Time
1 hr 40 mins
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Total Time
1 hr 40 mins
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Servings
15 bubliki
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Course
Bread
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Cuisine
Russian, Ukrainian, Eastern European
Bublik
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The bublik (plural bubliki) is the Russian and Ukrainian version of the bagel. It consists of a ring-shaped bread sprinkled with sesame or poppy.
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Ingredients
- 1¾ cups milk
- ½ cup butter
- 5 tablespoons caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3½ cups flour
- 2 tablespoons active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk (for brushing)
- poppy seeds
- sesame seeds
Equipment
- Stand mixer
- Skimmer
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- pastry brush
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Instructions
- In a saucepan, boil the milk, remove it from the heat, add the butter and half the sugar. When it reaches a temperature of around 97 F (36°C), add the yeast and let it rise for 20 minutes.
- Separate the eggs.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour and the other half of the sugar and mix.
- Dig a well in the center and pour in the lightly beaten egg whites (keep the yolks separate).
- Start kneading using the dough hook, gradually adding the yeast mixture.
- Add the salt and knead until a soft and homogeneous dough is formed.
- Cover the dough with a cloth and let it rise for an hour in a warm place, away from drafts. It must at least double in volume.
- Place the dough on a floured work surface and punch it down to degas for 1 minute.
- Divide it into 30 equal pieces.
- With each dough piece, form a circle about ½ inch (2 cm) thick and 5 inches (10 cm) in diameter.
- Cover them with a cloth and let them stand for 20 minutes in a warm place, away from drafts.
- Preheat the oven to 390 F (200°C).
- Boil a large amount of water in a large saucepan.
- After drilling and stretching a hole in the center of each disc of dough, dip them 2 by 2 for 15 to 20 seconds in boiling water, turning them once, gently.
- Remove them gradually from the boiling water using a skimmer and place them, spaced, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Beat the egg yolks and the 2 tablespoons of milk and, using brush each bublik with the mixture.
- Generously sprinkle each bublik with sesame or poppy seeds.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
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