Bialys – Dani Valent

Thermomix recipe by Helene Meurer, Canada

Helene Meurer is known to the Thermomix world as SuperKitchenMachine thanks to her lively and informative blog superkitchenmachine.com. Her Onion Jam Flan was a big favourite from In the Mix 1 and this recipe has been just as popular.

Bialys are a savoury bun, originating in Białystock, Poland, and brought to wider attention in New York by Jewish immigrants. You might think of them as a bagel without the hole. They’re traditionally filled with onions and poppyseeds, not usually cheese, but Helene is a fan of finding new places for cheese, and I am right there with her.

In fact, if I had cheese as my Valentine I would be pretty happy!

bialys

Makes: 12

Time: 1 hour, plus 45 minutes to rise dough.

Ingredients

Dough

  • 140 grams (4.9 oz) milk
  • 1 sachet / 2 tsp dried instant yeast
  • 30 grams (1 oz) butter, cut into cubes
  • 20 grams (0.7 oz) sugar
  • 480 grams (16.9 oz) baker’s flour
  • 1 tsp salt flakes

Topping

  • 100 grams (3.7 oz) parmesan or other hard cheese, cut into 3cm cubes
  • 200 grams (7 oz) onions, peeled and quartered
  • 20 grams (0.7 oz) vegetable oil or olive oil
  • ½ tsp salt flakes
  • poppyseeds, to garnish

Method

  1. Pour milk into the TM bowl.
  2. Add 140 g cold water, yeast, butter and sugar and mix for 3 min/37ºC/speed 1.
  3. Add the baker’s flour and salt flakes and knead for 2 min/Closed lid/Knead. Wrap dough in a silicon mat or place in a lightly greased bowl, cover with clingwrap and allow to rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes.
  4. Place parmesan cheese in the TM bowl and grate for 10 sec/speed 8. Set aside.
  5. Place onion, vegetable or olive oil and salt flakes in the TM bowl and chop for 4 sec/speed 4. Scrape down and cook for 5 min/Varoma/speed 1/MC off with TM basket on TM lid. Allow the mixture to cool. When cool, add grated parmesan and mix for 4 sec/Reverse/speed 3.
  6. Preheat oven to 250ºC/Gas Mark 9. Fill a shallow baking tin with 2cm water and place on a low rack in the oven. The steam created will help the bialys form a glossy crust.
  7. Divide risen dough into 12 balls. (Add a dusting of flour if the dough is sticky.) Press an indentation into the centre of each ball so they are like little round bowls. Place on lined baking trays. Add a spoonful of the onion mixture to the indentation of each bun. Sprinkle buns with poppyseeds.
  8. Reduce oven temperature to 230ºC/Gas Mark 8. Place baking trays in oven and cook for 10 minutes until golden brown.

This recipe is from my second cookbook, In The Mix 2: More Great Thermomix Recipes and I’ve shared it today because I think it’s a nice one for a Valentine’s Day brunch.

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