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Authentic Buzău Boiled and Baked Crackly Pretzels with Salt and Poppy Seeds
Romania's most iconic crackly heritage pretzels: thin leavened dough rings briefly poached in boiling water, then flash-baked until shatteringly crisp, dusted with coarse sea salt crystals and poppy seeds.
Prep
30 min
Cook
18 min
Total
48 min
Oven
220°C (200°C vent.)
Ingredients
servings
6
- Bread flour or all-purpose wheat flour400 g
- Warm water210 ml
- Active dry yeast5 g
- Sugar for yeast1 tsp
- Baking soda for poaching water20 g
- Water for poaching1500 ml
- Coarse pretzel salt or sea salt10 g
- Poppy seeds15 g
- Fine salt in dough4 g
Preparation Steps
1
Knead flour, yeast dissolved in warm water with sugar, and salt into a firm, smooth dough. Rest for 30 minutes until puffed.
2
Divide dough into 12 equal pieces. Roll each into a long thin rope (about 35 cm) and join the ends to form rings. Rest for 5 minutes.
3
Bring poaching water with baking soda to a gentle boil. Submerge rings 2-3 at a time for 20-30 seconds, transfer with a slotted spoon onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, and sprinkle immediately with coarse salt and poppy seeds. Bake at 220°C for 15-18 minutes until deep mahogany and shatteringly crisp.
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Nutrition Facts
per servingCalories
260
Protein
7.8g
Carbohydrates
52g
Fat
2.2g
Allergens
Gluten
*estimated values per serving
Provenance & Public Domain Audit
Source: Folclor Gastronomic Românesc / Patrimoniu Tradițional Deschis (Institutul Național al Patrimoniului & Arhivele Tradițiilor Culinare)
Legal status: Domeniu Public (Legea nr. 8/1996 privind dreptul de autor) • 17 U.S.C. § 105
License: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
