Each country has its own nationaldessert: in Italy - tiramisu, in America - cheesecake, in the UK - pudding. In Austria, such a pastry is a strudel. In Vienna or Salzburg, it is served in every cafe with vanilla ice cream or chocolate syrup for tea or latte. The fact that such a strudel, what is the history of the appearance of this dessert and what types of fillings are used in its preparation, we will tell in our article. Here we will offer a recipe of German strudel with meat and sauerkraut.
What is a strudel?
Every tourist coming to Austria is the firstdeed must try strudel. Even in the smallest Austrian town, this dessert is prepared as tasty as in any other expensive restaurant in Paris or London. The smell of cinnamon, apples and vanilla fills the streets of the city in the morning to please its inhabitants with a freshly baked delicacy straight for breakfast. What is a strudel here, everyone knows.
For the first time a sweet roll was prepared.at the end of the XVII century, and the recipe of this strudel is still stored in a cookbook dated 1696. The name of the dish from German is translated as "funnel", "whirlpool". Juicy apple or cherry filling is wrapped in a thin, almost transparent dough and baked in the oven for several minutes. The finished roll is greased with butter and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
The strudel is especially popular in German-speakingcountries. Here it is prepared not only with a traditional sweet filling, but also with potatoes, meat, sauerkraut, and liver. Strudel is also popular in Israel, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Viennese apple strudel
This strudel is made from very fine fume dough. The filling is traditionally used apple with the addition of raisins and nuts.
To prepare Viennese strudel, it is recommended to use step-by-step instructions:
- Sift the flour (250 g), salt (¼ tsp) into a deep bowl and drive in 1 egg.
- The mixture is well mixed, add olive oil (1 tbsp. L.), and then 100 ml of cold water.
- Knead the dough thoroughly, add a little more olive oil (1 tbsp. L.) And collect the ball. While the dough is resting in a bowl covered with a wet towel, prepare the filling.
- Apples (1 kg) are washed, peeled and coreed, cut into thin plates.
- Raisins (80 g) are soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, then dried on a paper towel.
- Walnuts (70 g) are ground with a knife.
- On a clean towel, roll out the dough thinly and smear it with butter (1 tablespoon).
- A layer of dough is sprinkled with breadcrumbs or crumbs from cookies and spread out the stuffing (apples, raisins, nuts), stepping back from one edge of 10 cm. The top is sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- Using a towel, the dough is wrapped in a roll to the side that was left without a filling. The resulting seam is glued together with a yolk whipped with milk.
- Strudel is baked for 40 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C.
- In the process of cooking, the most delicious strudel is smeared with yolk several times. Before serving, the roll is sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Cherry and Nut Juicy Strudel
This strudel can be cooked literally forhalf an hour, of course, if the refrigerator has ready-made puff pastry and cherries. Despite the fact that such a dessert is prepared much easier than the original one, it doesn’t affect the taste.
Cherry strudel from the finished puff pastry is prepared in the following sequence:
- Unleavened puff pastry (500 g) is rolled into a thin layer and lubricated with melted butter (1 tbsp).
- On top of the dough is sprinkled with breadcrumbs (4 tbsp. L.) And chopped walnuts (80 g) or almonds, stepping back from the edge of 2 cm.
- Cherry (500 g) is thawed, the juice is poured, and the berries themselves are mixed with starch (1 tbsp) and laid out on top of the nuts.
- The layer of dough is rolled up with a thick roll, laid out on a baking sheet, smeared with yolk and sent to the oven for 20 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C.
- Cooled strudel is sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Meat strudel
And this is no longer a dessert, but a complete dish, whichYou can serve, for example, on Sunday lunch. In its preparation, ground beef, vegetables and aromatic herbs are used, and the result is a hearty and healthy puff pastry meat strudel.
Step-by-step recipe of cooking is as follows:
- The oven is preheated to 180 ° C.
- All vegetables (carrots, onions, celery stalk, 5mushrooms, potatoes, cloves of garlic) are fried in vegetable oil for 7 minutes, with constant stirring. Then add frozen green peas and chopped rosemary, after which the vegetables are roasted for another 3 minutes.
- The cooled vegetable mass is mixed with ground beef (500 g), salt, pepper and 1 egg are added.
- A layer of puff pastry (500 g) is rolled out on a floured table.
- In the center the filling is laid out in the form of a large patty and tightly sealed with dough.
- From above the roll is smeared with a beaten egg and sent to the oven for 50 minutes.
Meat and Potato Strudel Recipe
Несложный в приготовлении рулет можно подать на dinner or lunch. The meat and potato strudel is made from pre-cooked potatoes and fried minced meat. The filling can be prepared in advance, and half an hour before dinner, just wrap in puff pastry and send in the oven.
Step-by-step cooking:
- Potatoes (6 pcs.) Boil until cooked and crushed in mashed potatoes with butter and milk.
- Minced meat (600 g) is fried in vegetable oil with onions and herbs (thyme, rosemary).
- Puff pastry is rolled out on a floured table and put on a baking sheet.
- On top of the layer of dough, retreating to 2 cm on each side, laid out first cooled potato mash, then minced meat.
- The dough with the filling is rolled up and smeared with an egg.
- Strudel with meat and potatoes is sent to the oven preheated to 200 ° C for 25 minutes. And after 10 minutes the dish can be served.
German strudel with meat and sauerkraut
In Germany, strudel is cooked a little differently than we all used to see. These are small rolls cooked in a thick-walled steamed pan.
Strudel in German are prepared in the following sequence:
- Из муки (2 ст.), теплого кефира (1 ст.), vegetable oil (1 tbsp.), dry yeast (1 tsp.), salt and sugar (½ tsp.) kneaded dough. While it is resting in a bowl covered with a wet towel, the main course is prepared.
- В казане, утятнице или мультиварке на vegetable oil is fried onion, then pork (800 g), and as soon as a ruddy crust forms on the meat, sauerkraut (500 g) or potatoes are laid on it. Salt, pepper and spices are added to taste.
- Meat with cabbage stews about 40 minutes until cooked.
- The dough is rolled into a layer, smeared with butter, rolled into a roll and cut into pieces of 4 cm each.
- A little broth or water is added to the pot for meat and vegetables, dough blanks are laid on top. It is important that they do not touch the water, and steamed.
- After 50 minutes, the dish will be ready. Do not open the pan lid during cooking.
Recipe for quick pita strudel
Для приготовления такого рулета понадобится minimum of time and material costs. Lavash strudel is prepared with a filling of ripe plums, so it turns out very juicy. If desired, you can use other fruits, such as apples or cherries.
To prepare the filling in the pan is brought toboil sugar (180 g) and vinegar (3 tablespoons). After dissolving the sugar, sliced plums (500 g) and cinnamon (1 tsp) are added to the syrup. The mass is removed from the heat and cooled.
At this time, sugar (75 g) is whipped with eggs (2pcs.) in a magnificent mass. Thin pita bread is spread on a baking sheet and smeared with egg mixture. Top stuffing is distributed. After that, the pita bread rolls up. Lavash strudel is cooked at 180 ° C for 25 minutes. Served to the table and cut into portioned pieces cold.
Chocolate strudel
Предлагаем еще один вариант вкусной начинки для traditional Austrian baking. Everyone knows what a strudel is and that according to the original recipe it is made from an exhaust dough. But if you do not have enough free time, you can use ready-made puff pastry.
For the preparation of the filling, 4 eggs are whippedwith sugar (75 g) in strong foam. Bitter chocolate (100 g) is heated in a water bath, and then beaten with a mixer with butter (175 g). Yolks (4 pcs.) Are gradually introduced and driven in. Then the proteins are introduced into the chocolate and creamy mass and are combined with crushed almonds.
The dough is rolled into a thin layer. The filling is laid out on one edge of the dough with a strip, after which the layer is rolled up. Strudel is baked for 30 minutes at 200 ° C.
Cottage cheese strudel
Delicate cottage cheese strudel will be an excellent option for healthy breakfast for children and adults. Cooking pastries does not take much time, due to the use in the recipe of the finished puff pastry.
The first is preparing the filling of the curd(600 g), sugar (160 g), pre-soaked and dried raisins (50 g) and eggs (2 pcs.). Puff pastry is rolled into a thin layer, and the filling is distributed from above. After that, the dough should be rolled up, turning the edges inward. To obtain a brown crust, the roll is smeared with an egg.
The finished puff pastry strudel is baked in the oven for no more than 30 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C. After 15-20 minutes, you can cut it into portions and serve it to the table.
