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Parve
Medium
3 Hours
Diets 
Creating this magnificent, rimon-shaped challah doesn’t take any advanced braiding skills. It’s all made using twists and turbans. The “wow” factor on your Rosh Hashanah table will set a fabulous tone for the holiday (and the rest of the year!)
For the full-sized rimon pictured here, I used almost an entire batch of dough, made with five pounds of flour. The two main twists that form the shape of the rimon are made using approximately 34 ounces of dough for each side (divided into two strands of 17 ounces each).
Use the photos in the gallery as guidance, but feel free to make it your own. The possibilities are endless!
I filled the six dip bowls with a “simanim hummus bar” using the following recipes:
Roasted Carrot Hummus
Caramelized Leek Hummus
Date and Rimon Hummus
Roasted Beet Hummus
Roasted Butternut Squash Hummus
Black-Eyed Peas Hummus
use your favorite 5-pound challah recipe
Place two of the strands vertically alongside a small glass, like a mini honey jar or shot glass. (Refer to the step-by-step images in the recipe gallery.)
Add a smaller twist to close the space for the bowl on the left.
Now we’ll create a third piece of the “crown of the rimon.” Using a large piece of dough, divide in two and start the twist, leaving the bottom open.
Use a pizza cutter or bench scraper to divide the two loose strands into four, and then twist those into two twists.
Arrange the top of the twist as one of the points of the “crown” and bring the two connected twists into the rimon as pictured. One of the twists will create another space for a bowl. That’s three bowl spaces so far.
Create another smaller twist, to make space for the fourth bowl on the left side of the rimon.
Now you’ll make another twist and place it at the top of the rimon for the fourth point of the “crown.” Tuck it a bit under the right side of the rimon.
Using small pieces of dough, make little “rollups” that you can use to fill spaces, such as the one pictured on the left.
Use some twists and rollups to encircle the space for the sixth bowl on the right.
Take one strand and fold it up from the center, creating a final twist for the center point of the “crown.”
Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 to 60 minutes.
Photography by Chay Berger
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