Foto de stock de Littlebourne, Kent, England, UK. 12 May 2022. Freshly baked sliced bagels.

A close-up elevated side view of freshly baked sliced bagels with black sesame seeds and filled with smoked salmon and cream cheese, garnished with chives. They are placed on a folded cloth napkin with a textured surface beneath. Bagels are bread products originating in the Jewish communities of Poland. It is traditionally shaped by hand into the form of a ring from yeasted wheat dough, roughly hand-sized, that is first boiled for a short time in water and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior, usually topped with a variety of seeds