Deep-Fried Bagel Sandwich Recipe

Passion Legend Isaac Mizrahi is going to be deep-frying a bagel you all.

Paula: Are you all in. I’ve got some cream cheese, I’ve got chives, I’ve got some

Isaac: Part of this is the cashmere darling, schmear

Paula: Schmear.

Isaac: This is called schmear in New York.

Paula: Oh, Okay.

Isaac: Like a bagel with schmear.

Paula: Okay you just schmear it on.

Isaac: Schmear it on that’s right.

Paula: And I’ve got alfalfa sprouts and dealing cucumbers and onions and I’ve got capers but we’re going to deep-fry those next. All right let’s start on these bagels because there is so much like your father who’s in the garment industry.

Isaac: That’s right.

Paula: You were born in Brooklyn and you learn how to sew as a young man.

Isaac: I did one of these big machines in the basement and at some point when I was 11 or something I kind of common dear the basement it was like sort of a studio. So I made close on this basement, when I was 11. And what I must suppose to do now. I suppose to do this.

Paula: Now, toss it the flour just rub it around there good and then just slip it into the deep fry.

Isaac: I will put in the deep fry already weigh okay I’m so excited.

Paula: Okay put it in and there you go.

Isaac: This could be delicious.

Paula: You know it’s really your basically what we’re making is like a French toast using a bacon.

Isaac: That’s right now what is that, that’s an egg wash.

Paula: Yes this is eggs and milk but we’re deep frying it. We have deep fried our bagels and now I’m going to fry.

Isaac: You’re going to deep fry the tomatoes.

Paula: Do you love green fried tomatoes?

Isaac: I do. Yes I do.

Paula: I do too.

Isaac: And that’s just butter milk and —

Paula: We salted our tomatoes as it so that it would pull the water out of them so they would get crispy and we run them through a bath of butter milk and now we’re just —

Isaac: Pat them in the flour.

Paula: Pat them in the flour and we’re going to put him in the deep fry. If you’d hold that —

Isaac: Should I hold the —

Paula: No just hold that and then hold it all that pat of thing.

Isaac: Got to see just want to place them in.

Paula: Yeah I’m just going to kind of place them.

Isaac: I’ll just going to place them in and then I drop it in. Is it okay, it’s not crowded?

Paula: Perfect no. A lot of women have the same problem in shapes that I have and I have had women lots of women come to me and say Paula.

Isaac: Oh my God wait a minute, what is this?

Paula: Stay in back honey, I’m fixing a deep fry some capers and I could explode. But how good is a deep fried caper?

Isaac: Very, very good direction to that and you don’t —

Paula: And with bagels, we have to have it.

Isaac: We didn’t do anything right you just how long could they take?

Paula: Just a second.

Isaac: All right.

Paula: Pull him up baby.

Isaac; Pull him up, we did it.

Paula: Yes we so did it.

Isaac: We have a nice and crispy.

Paula: Yes just put them right there and come on down here and I will put together a sandwich for you. Now, we’ve got cream cheese or a schmear as you say.

Isaac: Now, we’re just going to toast in some chives if you would stir that and —

Paula: Look at those capers. How beautiful they turned in and you can take it with a second.

Isaac: I am shock that you didn’t deep fry the salmon darling and yet something wants to be fresh on the palate right.

Paula: We’ve got a cucumber for that. All right now let’s put together your bagel and schmear because some people like much some people don’t like much.

Isaac: I like a lot, I have to say I like a lot of cream cheese.

Paula: All right we’ll do it the way you would like it, do you want me to get —

Isaac: We like a lot of cream cheese darling.

Paula: You’re from South Brooklyn.

Isaac: I’m from South Brooklyn.

Paula: But you know what maybe I’m from South Brooklyn and just didn’t know it.

Isaac: I just didn’t know it from a former life. I do love a little red onion.

Paula: Purple onion, yes.

Isaac: How about a little dough is that too fancy.

Paula: No that is not too fancy.

Isaac: I like a little dough.

Paula: I tell you what that’s too I tell you what let’s do this. Let’s put a little bit so our capers. So our capers will stick to it. That’s right. How about a fried green tomato?

Isaac: Okay, all right bite.

Paula: Is that wonderful or what?

Isaac: It is wonderful, it is delicious, you salted that didn’t you, and you little slide girls.

Paula: I did, I did. I salted it the pool, the water, add of it.

Isaac: Do I get to eat this first or what?

Paula: No this is for you my darling.

Isaac: Oh my God no.

Paula: Is it good?