Simit

bake
Total: 3 hr 25 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegetarian

Simit is a traditional Turkish bread ring made with yeast dough and covered in toasted sesame seeds. This delicious bread is characterized by the smell of the toasted sesame seeds. Simit tastes best when it's eaten the same day. It's fantastic as a snack, perfect for brunch with friends, or served in a basket with different types of bread.

Recipe by:
Sarah - Fragola & Limone

Ingredients

for 5 pieces

Starter dough
125 g zopf flour
½ tbsp sugar
½ parcel dry yeast
1 ½ dl milk
¼ dl sunflower oil
Dough
250 g zopf flour
1 tsp salt
1 ½ dl milk
Sesame coating
2 ½ dl water
50 g cane sugar
150 g toasted sesame seeds

How it's done

Starter dough

Mix the flour, sugar and yeast in a bowl. Mix in the milk and oil, knead to form a firm dough. Cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 30 mins.

Dough

Add the flour, salt and milk to the starter dough, knead to form a soft, smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 1½ hrs. until doubled in size.

To shape

Divide the dough into 5 portions. Shape each portion of dough into a thin roll approx. 1 m long. Fold each roll in half, twist and shape into a ring. Roll the ends over the work surface a little so that they seal.

Sesame coating

Place the water and sugar in a bowl, stir until the sugar has dissolved. Empty the sesame seeds into a deep dish. Dip the simits one after the other in the sugar syrup and then in the sesame seeds, place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Cover and leave to rise for approx. 30 mins.

To bake

Approx. 25 mins. in an oven preheated to 180°C (convection). Remove the simits from the oven, leave to cool on a cooling rack.

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