Had to pull something out of a hat for poor old neglected Tenina.com, and I had been looking at lots of pics on Pinterest, my new main source of pic Pinspiration!! I have to admit, it can be a big time waste, but my excuse is that I get great ideas…I am not so much a ‘read a recipe’ kind of girl…more a ‘look at a picture’, or ‘read a menu’ and think; I can do that! Saturday loomed dark, rainy and a sort of stay at home and bake sort of day. So this is what showed up…it makes a truckload and we had to send some off to hungry friends. I’m afraid the blog is taking a battering at the moment and not in a deep fried recipe way! (Soz…couldnt help it!) Between grand daughter number one (OH HOW GORGEOUS IS SHE??) and Thai Thai Again cooking classes and well, life. I guess it happens right? Life is always better with a pretzel though!
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Need
- 30 Grams Yeast-fresh or 2 tsp dried
- 30 Grams raw sugar
- 300 Grams water
- Pinches pink salt flakes BUY
- 500 Grams bakers or strong flour
- 150 Grams chorizo sausage, cut into pieces
- 150 Grams gouda cheese, cut in pieces
- Large pot of boiling water
- 3 Tablespoons baking soda
- Egg wash
- Coarse sea salt
Do
- 1
Place yeast, sugar and water into Thermomix bowl and warm 2 min/37ºC/speed 2.
- 2
Add pink salt and flour and blend 6 sec/speed 6. Knead 3 min/Interval.
- 3
Turn out onto floured Silpat mat and prove until doubled.
- 4
Preheat oven to 220ºC and line a baking tray with paper.
- 5
Divide dough into 4 equal pieces.
- 6
Roll each piece like a sausage and then flatten so that you have a long piece of flat dough.
- 7
Place chorizo and cheese into Thermomix bowl and blend 6 sec/speed 6. Using damp hands, form small balls with the sausage mixture.
- 8
Place a ball on one end of the rolled dough length. Fold over to form a little parcel, cut to separate from the long piece of dough and pinch all edges together to seal. Set aside. Repeat with all dough and sausage mixture.
- 9
Bring water to the boil and add baking soda, stirring to dissolve.
- 10
Boil each little pretzel for around 30 seconds and remove with a slotted spoon. Place onto prepared tray, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with a few (very few) grains of salt.
- 11
Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown and centres have melted.
More
Eat immediately with cheese sauce or homemade tomato sauce.