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Montreal bagel bliss

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headdown

Montreal bagel bliss

Hello from rural Quebec,
Here are a few pics from today's Montreal bagel bake. The bagel formula is courtesy of apprentice, who kindly posted it here on the Fresh Loaf.

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/13104/montral-style-bagels

It is the formula used by St. Viateur's Bagel in Montreal, and the results are excellent. I am not completely happy yet with the consistency, but I'm sure that will come with more experience. The taste is fantastic, and I still can't believe when I bite into one that I made them in my own brick oven.
Dean.

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ciabatta

Reminds me of the Turkish simit that is ubiquitous in the streets of Istanbul. The simit is a double cord twisted bagel that is boiled or dipped in a malt syrup solution and coated with sesame then baked.

 

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headdown

Hello ciabatta,

I had to google simit, but yes they do look similar. I might try making some one of these days!

Dean

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Benito

Wow do they ever look good. We have a couple of places here in Toronto that do Montreal bagels that are very good, not quite Montreal but really good none the less.

Benny

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kendalm

they look just like st viateur bagels.  i like to eat these with schwatz's smoked meat and if possible faiemount bagels.  great job !