We switched our house back to Chametz-mode last Saturday night, so today is our first post-Pesach challah.
It felt wonderful getting back to the really pleasurable job of kneading challah.
Today, my Facebook feed was filled with photos of Schlissel challot. A Schlissel challah is a custom to bake challah in the shape of a key to help open the gates of heaven on the Shabbat after Pesach. Or more properly, it is a Slavic Easter bread tradition to bake a loaf of bread in the shape of St. Peter's key. Just as I don't put a conifer in my house at Chanukah time to say, symbolize the wooden posts installed at the rededication of the Temple I don't bake such an iconographically Christian challah. So sorry folks, no Schlissel challah here.
Here is a visual on how to make two stranded challot.
Cut the strand in half so you now have two strands of dough. |
Cross the two strands |
Here are my completed challot
Here is the previously homely challah.
It's even nice enough to serve to company. No, no company this week. I am actually kind of worn out by my Passover cooking adventures. I pulled the last of the chickens I had cooked for the holiday out of the freezer. I was relieved because I had lots of work to do.
The next several weeks are busy, busy, busy for me.
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