How to Make the Best Bagels at Home (with Binging with Babish!) | Bagels | What's Eating Dan?

Do you really need New York City water to make the best bagels? Does rolling technique affect texture? What makes a bagel a bagel, anyways? NYC native, Andrew Rea of Binging with Babish, joins Dan in this episode exploring all things bagels.
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I'd love to see an entire episode devoted to Cheese. I know you've spoken about Cheese but it's always been in the context of other things.

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Came from Team Babish. Cool video. (Thanks for all the likes).

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Great collab. I really enjoyed both videos. Awesome to see two great creators working together.

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All about the three B’s: Bagels, Babish, Battlestar Galactica. (Any Office fans?) Seriously though, these bagels look amazing.

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[@ZacharyBraun]

Your video about bagels reminds me of one of my favorite boiled bread products, the pretzel and I'd love to see a video about them. I remember growing up in Germany and loving the warm, crispy, fresh Bretzeln you could buy in any bakery. In America, the pretzels tend to be these floppy, doughy things.

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I think you are missing that je ne sais quoi of Montreal...

[@rdvqc]

I have yet to taste a bagel that beats a Montreal bagel. My favorites are Fairmount closely followed by St. Viateur. Hand made, boiled, dipped in sesame or poppy seeds then baked in a wood oven. When leaving town in our RV our last stop is the St Viateur bakery near home to pick up a baker's dozen fresh from the oven. We then split the odd one and just munch hot bagel.

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I'm not sure but I think that when they boil them, they put baking soda in the water.

[@elijahmikhail4566]

Ovni121 That would make it a little more similar to a pretzel then. I heard they use honey in the water too instead of malt syrup.

[@GlenAndFriendsCooking]

@@elijahmikhail4566 The water in Montreal is more basic, and they use honey in the boil water. The bagels are also a slightly different shape - Montreal bagels have a much bigger hole and therefore the sides are thinner. They are also almost all baked in wood burning ovens. All of that combined makes them almost completely different for NY bagels. In the end, I love them both; they are so different that you can't really say one is better than the other.

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Congrats on your collaboration! I really enjoy both your channels, and so I'm truly enjoying these videos :)

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“both” what is the other channel?

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Excellent information! Still not planning to make bagels myself, but I understand them much better now.

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It is amazing the number of comments that come from people who have never made (or will ever make) bagels. Burnt my first set, then lowered the oven temp and adjusted the water content to get it right. Great instructional video. Thanks!

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There is! In production now.

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Yas! The colab I dreamed of!!!

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ACERO ALMA Water tasted different from different places. All water tastes different. If you can’t tell, you don’t drink enough water. Or your head is hollow.

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Thanks for coming over! Season 2 is in production.

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Thank you!

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Looking forward to Season 2!

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Awesome, welcome!

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this mashup was huge. I don't know if you guys are into it, but if so, you should collaborate more often, because this came together real nicely.

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Can't wait for the second season!

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Nice job!

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I've been bingeing this series all day and this one popped up just before I need to take my bagels out of the oven :O

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I just discovered your show, Dan. My wife and I both love it and have watched them all! Congrats. We’ve been loyal ATK folks forever. We’ve got every issue of Cooks Illustrated and Cook’s Country and swear by them. We’ve watched every episode of both shows (thanks to TiVo). Come see us in Central Florida sometime. It would be so fun to have you cook in our Wolf kitchen. Keep up the great work and give our regards to the ATK gang.

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Thanks!

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Wish he had own channel, hard to find. When I took “Foods for boys” in my senior year, gluten was our friend. The teacher had a sample of gluten to pass around, wish could have a question and answer part... where’s season 2?

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Great video, as always, Dan. I did once try baking soda on my stir fry beef as ATK has suggested before and it tasted unfamiliarly tender and way off. Chewy even in beef is sometimes good too!

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Thank You 😃

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Yummy. Definitely doing it

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Great video on bagels, very serious science summarized with a touch of humour.

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This was an AMAZING Series! Are all of these covered in the cooks illustrated cook books? If so which ones?

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Great video! As a Bostonian and Bagel fan, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the best bagel spot for a Sunday morning around here?

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The schmear is key. Great video!

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Thanks so much for watching!

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I would love to see a video covering high-altitude baking adjustments.

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We have always enjoyed watching you on America’s Test Kitchen. Your video on bagels have answered the questions on how to make bagels. Thanks for sharing. I am a vegetarian and would like more options for taste meals. Thanks again. D

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Congrats on a great seaon 1. Season 2 ideas? Souffle science. How/why of different typesof cooking pans. ATK pro shortcuts. Comfort foods. Party foods. Julias favorite Bridget recipe and vice versa. Necessary basic kitchen tools.... and how to use properly.Dan goes to Miami for Cuban food, or Morrocco for North African or... Your show is decent, straightforward and not pretentious. Thanks from all of us budding chefs!

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Ok rapid fire of ideas: I would like a few more videos on how to modify the classics like you did with the cookies. Like spaghetti, and things that are simple that we usually make. I would also like a video about something we don't normally consider making but is actually very easy and worthwhile like pizza is I really enjoyed the bit on garlic. If you could do more single ingredient episodes for maybe butter, oil, eggs, and salt. I'm sure there's a lot we could learn from those. I've always wanted to better understand flavor combinations, particularly how acid plays a role. I know you discussed pickles, but I imagine there are more roles it plays. I'm all about that wine, so I'll gladly accept a wine episode. All in all I love your show and I can't wait to see new episodes. Congratulations on your success!

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Olive oil is on the list! As is kimchi : )

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Great video

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I could watch Dan chew all day long...so inspired to make bagels!!

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dang. end of season 1. looking forward to season 2! how about a breakdown on steak? any truth to the "crust" of a steak keeping it juicy? everyone loves their ripping hot pan. any truth that it produces a better steak?

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[@randallsmith7124]

Great video! I like an onion or "everything" bagel with chive spread & sliced tomato... yum! How about a video on making GOOD marinara at home! I've tried several recipes, but none seem to have that fresh, bright tomato taste of my favorite Italian restaurant...

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I also vote for a marinara video!

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Pfft New York, Montreal bagels ftw!

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Really like the videos. Would like to see how you make a quiche without a soggy crust.

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Did you boil the NY bagels in Boston water?

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Good question!

[@DanielJSouza]

Nope, all New York water from start to finish for the New York bagels.

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@@DanielJSouza proper scientific method! 👏 What about the water Andrew shipped? Did you just drink it?

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I was going to ask this as well. I think it will make a significant difference.

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Oh FFS... get over it already. There's nothing special about the water in New York. It's just a way for new Yorkers to gatekeep their bagels and pizza.

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I'm all about "the chew factor" when it comes to bread, steak, etc. I actually have some dough in the refrigerator rising for 2 days for my first bagle making attempt. I will incorporate your roll technique. I ❤️ bagels.

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I would love to see a future video on beets, which I love to eat but hate to cook.

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Anticipating San Francisco sourdough bread!

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This is awesome! We need to hear a little about Montreal Bagels, apparently it's a whole different story.

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I like how you use the bagel as a metaphor for how to feel the value of recipe recognition. Yes. A decent & fitly loaded bagel does give a good workout 2 tha mouth.

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Dan, Babish, Brad (and the rest of BA), Sean, Chef John, and so many others. KZbin is ripe with amazing cooking videos

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Thanks for season 1! I've learned a lot, and I really like the format. Season 2 can't be anything but better.

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Thanks so much watching! I'm really excited about season 2, so stay tuned.

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Season 2 ASAP!!

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Excellent video. I've always knew that New York City water claim was crap. Pizza shops like to say that BS, too.