I have been having a really lazy week about getting pictures taken for this blog. I have been cooking, sure, but remembering to take pictures, not so much. On Sunday, I knew I would be spending the day in the kitchen. We had picked up a ham from Costco and I also needed to make bread so I was prepared for taking pictures, mostly.
This ham is a bit of a celebrity in our family. It is excellent hot, excellent cold, excellent in sandwiches, excellent in anything. Seriously, anything. I am always just as excited for the leftover ham as I am for the hot ham. It comes spiral cut, as the name suggests, and it comes with a spice packet for the glaze. The glaze is optional but really it's not optional, it's awesome!
This really couldn't be simpler. Just get that beautious ham into a roaster. I used my electric roaster oven for this and it was perfect. Get it going for about one and a half hours.
Halfway there. Look at the juices in the pan.
Time to make the glaze. Just mix the packet with a bit of water and bring to a bubble. This just gets poured over the ham. Turn the temperature up on the ham for 15 minutes and you are done!
Oh isn't that perfect? I served this with mashed potatoes and salad and ate WAY too much. The spiral cut means that you just have to cut it off the bone and it's already sliced for you. We have been having ham with breakfast and ham sandwiches for lunch and ham for supper. It is ham heaven here!
I have an everything bagel recipe I sort of follow. I say sort of because I just don't bother buying malt powder and sometimes I don't have sesame and poppy seeds, like right now. My version turns out fine and I end up making it a bit different every time. I put the dried onions, garlic and onion powder into the dough instead of just on top. So I basically just do my own thing based off the recipe. The dough is just a base, go nuts.
This recipe was a necessity for me in Munich as I could not find bagels very easily and when I could it was only sesame bagels. I have also made this with caramelized onion when I couldn't find dehydrated onion.
The thing that makes bagels different is how you cook them. You make the dough and let it rise. Then you shape it and let it rest. Next, they get boiled. It only takes about 30 seconds on each side.
Once the bagels are boiled you want to set them on a rack to let them dry a bit.
Then comes the egg wash (one egg beaten with one tablespoon of water).
Brush that on. It helps them brown but more importantly it helps your toppings stick. This time I didn't bother with any toppings.
They look kind of sad when they come out of the water but trust me, they puff up and look more like the bagels you are used to in the oven. They bake in a pretty hot oven for about 20-25 minutes until nice and golden.
With a little bit of work and time you can make your very own everything bagels at home and they taste even better than store bought. I have found they have a lot of moisture and can be hard to store. I like to keep them in an open plastic bag and eat them within a few days. These freeze really well.
I bet you can guess that I have been having ham and bagel sandwiches. I have and they are awesome. I also made whole wheat bread on Sunday which turned out really great!
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