Apple Strudel

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Apple Strudel

Apple Strudel or Apfelstrudel is traditional pastry of Austria and a popular dish in many countries that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this countries, Apple Strudel is the most widely known kind of strudel (Apfelstrudel in Hungarian is called Almásrétes). Apple Strudel consist of an oblong strudel pastry jacket with a filling of chopped apples, sugar,cinnamon, raisins,and bread crumbs. Rum is used to add flavor. Other ingredients include ground walnuts, silvered almonds or pine nuts. The art of preparation is in making the pastry very thin and elastic, it is said that a single layer should be so thin that one could read a newspaper through it. The rolled up and filled Apple Strudel is baked in a pan in the oven, sliced and traditionally is served warm, usually sprinkled with powdered sugar. Topping with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, custard or vanilla sauce are also popular in other countries. (wikipedia.org)

Okay, that is simple explanation about Apple Strudel. How about the recipe? You could see it below.


Apple Strudel
1.Strudel Dough
ingredients : Yield : 1 whole = 12-15 ports

30 gr Olive oil

pinch of salt
1 tsp Sugar

1pc Egg

125 ml Water

300 gr High Flour Protein

How to make it :
• Pour olive oil into mixing bowl, add salt sugar and egg.
• The water is warm up before use it
• Blend liquid ingredients in high flour protein until smooth and elastic consistency of the
dough is reached which should not be too strong (add more remaining of water if necessary)

• Cover with a cloth and let rest for 20 minutes


2. Filling
ingredients :

100 gr Bread crumb

1250 gr Apples

3 gr Cinnamon powder

150 gr Sugar (it is depending on the sweetness and the acidity of the apple)
100 gr Raisin
Little White wine
100 gr Ground Walnut (Roasted first) How to make it :
• Peel apples and remove the center part and cut them into 4 section (quarters),
slice them very thin.

• The apples is cooked by medium fire of stove

• Cinnamon powder, sugar, raisins are added into cooked apples,
cook them until the apple is fading.

• Remove it from stove and put into norm-tray and spread over surface.
Let it cool and mix with white wine.


3. Finishing

• Roll out the prepared strudel dough and transfer it ti a cloth dusted with flour.
• Stretch it out, with the hands, as thin as possible, one side about 45x55 cm wide.
• For glazing mixture, prepare : 1 pc Whole egg and 30 gr Melted butter (combine it well),
The edge of strudel dough is glazed about 2 cm.

• The bread crumbs is sprinkled over the surface except the glazing edges.
• Put apple filling, spread it up over surface except the glazing edges.
• Roll on the dough with the help of the cloth.
• Place the strudel on a greased baking sheet,
brush strudel dough with the glazing mixture.

• The strudel dough is baked until golden brown at 180 Celsius degree.

• Remove from the oven and let it cool.
• Cut into 12-15 ports.


For garnishing you can dust it with icing sugar. Apple Strudel can be accompanied with Tea, Coffee or even Champagne. Just enjoy your great taste...

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