Who doesn’t love a fresh delicious bagel! Bagels go well with a morning coffee and are a great centre-piece for long brunches. The best thing about these doughy rings is they are easy to assemble. Says Karma Kandara’s Chef Joseph: ‘I was inspired by my New York days to create a healthy approach to this favourite breakfast on the go. ‘When preparing this dish, the big joke in the kitchen was:“Begel Hatiku” which is Indonesian for “steal my heart”.’
Smoked Carrot Lox
Ingredients:
Technique:
- Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl, cover and refrigerate for two hours.
- The next day, prepare your smoker to manufacturer’s directions: hot smoke
- Drain the marinate off of the carrots and reserve.
- Place in smoker, smoke for approximately 30-40 minutes, just until the carrots “soften slightly.”
- Remove from smoker and pour half of the marinate back onto the carrots. Let cool to room temperature.
- Cover and place in the fridge overnight or until chilled through.
- Adjust the seasoning to taste with more salt, black pepper and fresh chopped dill if desired.
- Store up to five days and use as you would any lox application.
Vegan Cream Cheese
Ingredients:
Technique:
- Melt the coconut oil and cool to room temp. reserve.
- Place the tofu, vinegar, nutritional yeast and salt in a deep bowl.
- Puree smooth with an emersion blender while slowly drizzling in the coconut oil.
- Season to taste with more salt if desired.
- Transfer to a storage container with lid, place in fridge for 4-6 hours until set up.
Note, all the coconut oil may not be needed, depending on how pressed the tofu is before processing. Adjust consistency to your liking.
Variations:
Have fun while adding your favourite flavourings such as scallions, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, olives etc. This is a blanket canvas to allow for your own creativity.
Assembly:
Your favourite Bagel
Smoked Carrot Lox
Vegan Cream Cheese
Lemon wedge
- Cut your favourite bagel in half. Toast or not.
- Spread on the vegan cream cheese.
- Add the carrot lox.
- Squeeze the lemon over the lox.
- Sandwich back together, cut in half or not.- Enjoy!
Note: you can also add any other ingredient such as sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, capers etc. It’s totally up to you!
