Il Challah , pane bianco e soffice molto similar to the pain brioche, bread is a deeply symbolic. It is eaten during the Sabbath and other Jewish holidays except Passover, when leavened bread is not allowed. The bread is braided and covered with poppy seeds or sesame seeds. The seeds symbolize the manna that God brought down from heaven to feed the Israelites while they wandered in the desert. In the Bible, the Book of Numbers Chapter 15 verses 17-21 we read: "The Lord spoke to Moses saying: Speak to the Israelites and 'them,' When you enter the land where I bring you and eat the bread of the land , I heave a tender to be submitted to the Lord. From the first of your dough you shall set a cake as a contribution: the heave is taken as the contribution to the threshing floor. The first of your dough you shall give to the Lord a contribution from generation to generation. "
Ingredients:
250 grams of flour 250 grams of flour 00
manitoba
about 200-250 grams of warm water * 2
eggs 2 tablespoons sugar
60 grams of extra virgin olive oil 1 cube
yeast 1 ½ teaspoon of salt
* the quantity of water is by absorption of the flour that occurred decrease or increase if these doses
to the surface:
1 egg mixed with 1 tablespoon water
poppy seeds or sesame
Preparation:
on a board formed a fountain with the flour, add eggs, oil, sugar, water in which you have dissolved the yeast, then the salt. Mix well and let stand 1 hour in a warm place.
Take back the dough, forming cords annodateli and create a braid. Put it in a pan covered with parchment paper and put it back to rise for another 60-90 minutes.
Brush the braid with an egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water and sprinkle with poppy or sesame seeds. Bake at 180-200 ° C for 20-30 minutes or until they turn a golden brown.