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Sweet & Savory Bagel Bar

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June 29, 2023
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Sweet & Savory Bagel Bar
Photo by Melina Hammer
  • Prep time 45 minutes
  • Serves 5 to 6
Author Notes

This isn’t so much a recipe as it is a suggestion—and whole-hearted permission—to make your next meal or celebration both simple and fun. Here’s how: get a colorful array of ingredients and make this low-lift, sweet and savory bagel bar. For each combination below, crunchy and creamy elements get paired to please every palate, pick-and-choose style. Whether you’re vegan, a lover of all things sweet, or a true bagel aficionado, there’s something here for you that’s sure to wow. Though the recipe calls for a whole rainbow of elements, once you have them (and depending on the size of your gathering), you’ll eat handsomely all week long. —Melina Hammer

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • For the crunchy seed clusters:
  • 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
  • 1/4 cup roasted, salted pepitas
  • 1/4 cup toasted, salted sunflower seeds
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • For the bagel bar:
  • 3 bagels; 2 sesame and 1 everything
  • 1 pat salted butter
  • 2 ribbons of cured salmon
  • 1/2 Persian or english cucumber, sliced into ⅛-inch-thick rounds
  • 1/2 avocado, pitted and thinly sliced
  • Olive oil, for frying
  • 1 large egg
  • Chili crisp
  • 2 tablespoons tahini
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
  • 2 tablespoons plain cream cheese
  • 2 radishes, thinly sliced
  • 1 handful dill fronds, trimmed
  • 2 tablespoons hummus
  • 3 cherry tomatoes, thinly sliced into rounds
  • 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 banana, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons crunchy seed clusters (recipe below)
  • Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
  • Flaky sea salt, to taste
Directions
  1. For the crunchy seed clusters:
  2. Preheat the oven to 375°F. In a medium bowl, stir together all of the seeds, maple syrup, soy sauce, and olive oil until combined.
  3. Spread the seed mixture out on a parchment-lined sheet pan and roast for 9 minutes or until deeply burnished. At the 5 minute mark, scoot the centermost mixture out to the edges and bring the darker parts from the perimeter to the center for even roasting. Once it is deeply golden, cool the mixture fully on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
  1. For the bagel bar:
  2. Prepare the bagel bar: Slice bagels in half and toast until golden, about 5 minutes.
  3. For the salmon bagel: Add a slick of butter to an everything bagel half and arrange salmon ribbons on top. Dot with cucumber slices and season with freshly ground pepper.
  4. For the fried egg bagel: Arrange the avocado slices on an everything bagel half. Get a small skillet hot over high heat. Drizzle olive oil and swirl to coat. Add the egg—it should sizzle on contact—and fry the egg for 3 minutes, basting the egg white where it meets the yolk. Once the fried egg is crispy around the edge, transfer it onto the avocado and spoon chili crisp over top.
  5. For the radish bagel: Add a schmear of cream cheese and arrange radish slices on top. Add dill fronds, then sprinkle flaky salt and pepper.
  6. For the hummus bagel: Slather hummus across a sesame bagel, top with tomato slices, and season with flaky salt and pepper.
  7. For the banana bagel: Spread Greek yogurt onto a sesame bagel half. Layer banana slices, then break the roasted seed mixture into clusters and arrange onto the banana.
  8. Arrange all the bagels onto a serving platter and eat at once.
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Melina Hammer
Melina is the author of 'A Year at Catbird Cottage' with Ten Speed Press. She grows an heirloom and pollinator garden and forages wild foods at her namesake Hudson Valley getaway, Catbird Cottage. Melina loves serving curated menus for guests from near and far seeking community amidst the hummingbirds, grosbeaks, finches, and the robust flavors of the seasons.

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