Coconut Bake Bagels with Cream Cheese & Smoke Herring

This idea for Coconut Bake Bagels with Cream Cheese & Smoke Herring came to me while I was first testing a bagel recipe. I decided to take it even further by doing a local twist to Bagel & Lox by doing a Smoke Herring & Cream Cheese Filling.

Using bread/bakers flour gave the bagels a really lovely, chewy interior while boiling them in the “bagel bath” provided a shiny and crispy exterior. The smoke herring gives lovely smokey flavor the filling along with the slight tanginess of the cream cheese, acidity from the tomatoes and a fresh pop from local celery! #bagels #smokeherring #baking #recipe

Coconut Bake Bagels with Cream Cheese & Smoke Herring

Coconut Bake Bagels with Cream Cheese & Smoke Herring

A Caribbean Twist on Bagel & Lox: Coconut Bake Bagels with Cream Cheese & Smoke Herring. This is a "must-try" recipe for bagel lovers!

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Prep Time: 2 hours hours

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: American, Caribbean

Keyword: baking, bread

Servings: 8

Author: baidawi

Ingredients

Coconut Bake Bagels

• 480 g Bakers Flour 3 ¾ cups
• 10 g Salt 1 ¾ tsp
• 10 g Honey 1 ½ tsp
• ⅛ tsp grated nutmeg
• 9 g yeast 2 tsp
• 275 g coconut milk 1 ⅛ cups
• 50 g shredded coconut ⅔ cups
• 1 tbsp honey for bagel bath
• 8 cups water for bagel bath
• 2 cups shredded coconut for topping bagels
• 1 egg beaten for egg wash for topping bagels (optional)

Cream Cheese & Smoke Herring Filling

• 170 g smoke herring
• 250 g cream cheese
• 3 pimentos finely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 bundle celery finely chopped (separate leaves and stalks)
• 3 tomatoes diced
• 2 onions diced

Instructions

Coconut Bake Bagels

• Add flour, yeast, salt and nutmeg to a large bowl then combine well.
• Add grated coconut then combine well.
• Add coconut milk and honey then combine wet and dry ingredients.
• Bring mixture together into a ball of dough then cover and allow to rest for 30 minutes.
• Wet hands then perform 4-5 stretch and folds to dough. Form a smooth ball of dough then cover and allow to rest for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Portion dough into 8 equal pieces.
• Cover portioned dough balls and allow to rest for 15 to 20 minutes,
• Use thumb to punch a hole in the dough then use thumb and index finger to widen hole. Spin the dough gently to stretch into final shape. (see video for example)
• Bring water and honey mixture to a boil in a large pot.
• Cook bagels for 1 minute on each side.
• Remove from water then dip in shredded coconut immediately if not using egg wash.
• Place on a rack until all bagels are boiled.
• If using egg wash, allow bagels to cool before applying egg wash then dip in shredded coconut.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees then bake bagels in a tray lined with parchment paper for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Place on a rack and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before enjoying.

Cream Cheese & Smoke Herring

• Boil smoke herring for 5 minutes to remove excess salt.
• Drain and rinse smoke herring in room temperature water.
• Shred smoke herring into flakes, removing as much bones as possible.
• Heat up oil in a pan then add onions, garlic, pimento, celery stalks and tomatoes.
• Allow mixture to cool before adding cream cheese and chopped celery leaves.
• Combine well.

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