"It’s Friday so here’s this week’s #challahmummy #challah... Heart Challah to send everyone lots of love! I made this challah during a lovely Bat Mitzvah Challah Bake on Zoom and there was so much love between the Bat Mitzvah family and their friends. It was a gorgeous occasion to be part of @naomisamuelsgreenaway . Thanks to everyone who has been tuning in to my Insta Lives, Allegra & Friends, on Wednesday and Sunday evenings at 8pm. The latest two episodes are now available via IGTV and on my feed to watch. Keep safe everyone. #shabbatshalom #allegrabenitah #allegraloves #allegralovesbaking #challahbread"
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Share the Love with a Heart Shaped Challah Bread
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Prep time: 4hrs
Cook time: 30mins
Serves or Makes: 8
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ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
- 40 yeast
- 4 tablespoon caster sugar
- 3 fresh eggs
- 1/4 cup sunflower oil oil
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 kilogram all purpose flour
Method
Step 1
Pour the water into a large mixing bowl, add a teaspoon of caster sugar and then carefully dissolve the fresh yeast into the water. Once bubbles start to appear, add about a third of the flour, the two eggs, the rest of the caster sugar, the salt and the oil. Get your hands into the dough and combine the mixture, adding flour little by little, until a big ball of dough forms. The dough should be ready to knead when it comes apart from the bowl and doesn’t stick to your hands.
Step 2
Knead the dough on a clean work surface which has been sprinkled with flour for 5 - 10 minutes. Drizzle any leftover sunflower oil around the bowl, place the dough back inside and cover with cling film. Leave the dough to rise somewhere warm for about an hour and a half or until it has doubled in size.
Step 3
Once the dough has risen, punch the air out of it and roll it out long, thin and flat with a rolling pin on a floured work surface. Cut the dough into long, thin strips with a knife before plaiting up three strands of dough at a time. Shape the plaits into a large heart shape filled with smaller heart shapes before covering with a clean tea towel or cling film and leaving the challah to rise again for half an hour. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C and egg wash the dough . Bake the challah bread for 25-30 minutes at the bottom of the oven.