Sesame Rings
These breads have been spotted in bakeries around the Middle East, Greece and in the tombs of the Pharoahs. The rings can be cut open and filled with cheese and onion, to make a great snack.
Ingredients
- 500 g strong white flour plus extra for dusting
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 20 g yeast
- 30 ml olive oil
- 300 ml water
- sesame seeds to coat
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients except the sesame seeds into a bowl and roughly mix together.
- When the dough has formed, tip it onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.
- Put the dough back into the bowl and leave to double in size.
- Line two baking trays.
- Divide the dough into 75 g/3 oz pieces and roll them out to about 10 cm/4 inch-long sausage shapes, then join the ends to form a ring.
- When all the rings have been made roll them in the sesame seeds, place them on the baking trays and leave to rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas mark 7.
- Bake the rings for 25 minutes until golden brown, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
