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Challah bread

Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Jewish
Prep Time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 22 minutes
Servings: 15 serves
Calories: 225kcal
Challah is a special bread of Eastern European origin in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Shabbat and major Jewish holidays (other than Passover).
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Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stand Mixer

Ingredients

  • 520 g Strong Bread flour
  • 100 g AdVital Powder
  • 380 g Lukewarm water
  • 7 g Dried yeast
  • 10 g Sugar
  • 8 g Salt
  • 50 g Honey
  • 10 g Light olive oil
  • 1 Whole egg (Plus 2 extra for egg wash)
  • 3 Egg yolks

Instructions

  • Add Yeast, water & sugar to a mixing bowl, whisk together, then sit for 5 minutes to allow yeast to activate.
  • In a separate bowl, add the eggs, honey, oil & salt, whisk to combine completely.
  • Add this mixture to the water & yeast mixture, then add this mix to the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the dough hook attachment.
  • In a separate bowl, mix the AdVital into the flour.
  • Turn the stand  mixer onto low speed, add the flour & Advital into the bowl, mix for 2 minutes to fully incorporate all the wet ingredients, then turn the mixer onto medium speed & mix for 10 minutes, the dough should be nice & smooth.
  • Lightly grease a metal container & place in the dough, this will allow the dough to rise without sticking. Place in the oven (DO NOT TURN OVEN ON).
  • Bring a pot of water to the boil, place this directly underneath the container in the oven, close the door & allow the dough to rise for 40 minutes.
  • Once it has proved, knock the air out of the dough, then return to the oven with fresh water for another 40 minutes.
  • Knock the air out of it again & proceed to braiding the dough, divide the dough into 4, roll each piece into a long strand & braid together, pinching the ends to make it neat.
  • Allow proving on the bench for 15 minutes, then brush with beaten egg.
  • Bake at 160°c for 20 minutes, remove from the oven, brush the white parts with beaten egg again & return to the oven for a further 20minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 95.4g | Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 37.2g | Protein: 11.1g | Fat: 2.8g | Saturated Fat: 0.8g | Sodium: 285mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 1.7g | Sugar: 4.7g | Vitamin A: 63.8IU | Vitamin C: 5.3mg | Calcium: 69.7mg | Iron: 1.7mg