Today, Oktoberfest can be summed up with three Bs (in German, anyway): Bier, bratwurst and brezeln (pretzels). Since it’s cooling off a bit (and I still have a stash of food-grade sodium ...
Preheat the oven to 230°C fan/gas mark 9. Take the pretzels out of the fridge. Dip each pretzel in lye or sodium carbonate solution for about five seconds. Transfer the pretzel back onto the ...
Working with 1 dough piece at a time, roll into a 22-inch-long rope and fold into a pretzel shape: first, make a tall, skinny U shape, then cross the ends down and across each other to the ...