Belarusian Hal

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The recipe is challah from Maggie Glezer book " A Blessing of Bread". Here is the full story about this challah. "the Recipe of this challah shared defenestrate Esther Kramer. And she got it from mom - Bashi Levina. At the beginning of the last century bash has crossed the ocean, migrating from the Belarusian style in the American heartland. To America bash, brought with him five children, a samovar and a big feather bed. The bread for this recipe BASA baked whole life. Once a week she wound up the dough from 10 kg flour, which was divided into twenty portions, each portion into three equal pieces and bake twenty-braided Hal, pouring waves of unbearably delicious aroma all around. On those pastries were gone the entire day. The bread in the family was a big wooden barrel, which the husband Bashi adapted for the storage of grain. This amount Hal family enough for the whole week. This bread is preserved perfectly, due to the Belarusian secret ingredient, which you probably know. "Potato water", i.e. the water remaining after boiling peeled potatoes. And of course cumin. This challah is always sprinkled with cumin. And if the holiday challah with raisins in the dough, cumin and even interfere in the dough.

Ingredients for Belarusian Hal

Step by step instruction of cooking Belarusian Hal

Шаг 1

The dough for the Belarusian challah to start cool. Dissolve yeast in water from boiling potatoes. If You have dry yeast they just need to mix with the flour and RUB between your palms.

Шаг 2

In the bowl of a mixer put all the ingredients.

Шаг 3

Knead the dough on low speed for 3 minutes, leave for swelling of gluten for 30 minutes

Шаг 4

Then knead on high speed for 3-4 minutes. The dough will be heavy, tough. Put the dough in oiled bowl, tighten the film, put on the delay for 2 - 3h

Шаг 5

The dough has doubled. The initial mixing of ingredients is not.

Шаг 6

Divide the dough into 2 parts. One part split into three parts. Second of six parts. Form into balls, podcating. Rest for 10 minutes.

Шаг 7

Weave the challah in three parts vegetate the Dough with a rolling pin into a long oval, starting from the middle..

Шаг 8

Lay out the harnesses, braiding a regular braid. Only to weave starting in the middle, then turn the hull and continue weaving on the other side.

Шаг 9

Similarly, to form 6 bundles, weave a regular braid, only instead of a single plait braids need to take two.

Шаг 10

Spread the challah on a baking sheet. During 1 hour under the film. I covered a baking sheet.

Шаг 11

Rasstavleny challah lubricated with mixture of egg and water and sprinkle with cumin. Bake in preheated oven to 220-200S.

Шаг 12

The cut

Шаг 13

The recipe for this challah again from People mariana_aga, another thank you to her. This challah bake is necessary. And a huge thanks to Svetlana solnce_pek is forming spied her.