Rainbow Bagels Recipe | Dr. Oetker (2024)

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What makes a rainbow bagel rainbow? ›

The process involves first dyeing the dough with various neon food colorings, shaping the dough into mounds, laying each colored mound on top of each other to be flattened, and lastly, cutting the large piece of dough into strips which are then rolled into one colorful string to be baked in the oven.

However, a rainbow bagel tastes almost the same as any ordinary bagel. Bagels have a chewy texture and are made by boiling the dough, followed by baking. The only difference between regular and rainbow bagels is colored and beautiful.

The Rainbow Bagel, a colorful twist on the classic breakfast staple, took social media and the bagel world by storm in 2015. Its vibrant appearance made it the perfect food for Instagram.

Baking soda makes the water more alkaline, giving the bagels a pretzel-like quality that contributes to their chewiness. Just one teaspoon helps the bagels develop a shiny, dark-brown exterior as they bake. One thing to keep in mind: Keep the water bath at a constant simmer.

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Known quite simply as the “$1,000 bagel”, it comes with a generous smear of Alba white truffle-laced cream cheese and gold leaf-flecked Riesling jelly infused with goji berries. If you do choose to order the extravagant treat, you needn't feel too self-indulgent—all proceeds will go to the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen.

As the name suggests, rainbow bagels have a variety of different colors due to the fact the bagels are made from various doughs dyed with food coloring. Despite their vibrant colors, rainbow bagels taste just like ordinary plain bagels, making them a great pairing with toppings such as jam or jelly.

These ingredients are mixed with Jersey water. Why is the water in New Jersey so important to the end product? Jersey has soft water that contains a low concentration of minerals. This allows for the perfect baking chemistry when mixed with the flour's high concentration of proteins.

All in all, it's just all right. I wish it were either a little bit sweeter or not sweet at all and just rainbow-colored. I preferred the other bagel I picked up (a salted bagel schmeared with plain cream cheese).

Is a rainbow bagel sweet? ›

Despite Dassa's insistence that a bagel is pure and unflavoured, Taffat says there is a hint of banana in the yellow colour, a hint of mango in the orange and a hint of strawberry in the red. They taste subtly sweeter than the shop's standard bagels.

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A brief boil gives bagels a thin and fairly elastic crust that will still allow the bagels rise quite a bit in the oven, resulting in a softer texture. A longer boil and a thicker crust prevents the bagel from rising very much at all, giving you a very dense interior.

Bagels are boiled in water usually 30 to 60 seconds before hitting the oven. This boiling causes the starch on the exterior of the bread to gel and create a barrier from the interior dough.

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Despite Dassa's insistence that a bagel is pure and unflavoured, Taffat says there is a hint of banana in the yellow colour, a hint of mango in the orange and a hint of strawberry in the red. They taste subtly sweeter than the shop's standard bagels.