Strudel (Strudel, which can be referred to as "whirlpool" or "whirlwind") is a flour dish invented in Austria. Prepare the strudels in the form of a roll of sheet dough with a wrapped in a variety of stuffing. Strudels are popular in German-speaking and many other European countries, as well as in the Jewish national culinary tradition. There are many recipes for sweet dessert strudels , which are prepared from puff pastry (yeast and batterless) with a filling of different fruits and berries: apples, pears, cherries, raspberries, cowberries.
Often prepared and strudel with strawberries. Such baking is definitely appropriate on a festive or Sunday family table - it will very pleasantly please your guests and home.
How to cook strudel?
We will study ways how to make strawberry strudel correctly. First you need to knead the dough. Wheat flour is better to choose high-grade. Dough for strudel is a variant of a puff - baked, yeast-free dough .
Ingredients for the dough:
- wheat flour in / s - 250-300 g;
- water 130-150 ml;
- chicken egg - 1 piece;
- olive oil - 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
- a few drops of vinegar;
- a pinch of salt;
- natural butter for lubrication - 30-50 g.
Preparation
Flour pour the slide on the table, make a groove, add a pinch of salt and egg. Lubricate the hands with butter and knead the dough. Thoroughly knead and beat until it is easy to go away. We make from the dough 4 identical in size cakes, lubricate them with butter and add one to another, pressing. Cover the food film and set it to the refrigerator for an hour. After this time we take out 2 double cakes from the refrigerator, we lubricate one of them, and the second one is placed from above and rolled out with a rolling pin into a single thin layer. The base for the strudel is ready.
Now we are going to prepare the strudel itself.
Prepare strawberry stuffing. It is better to choose small and non-ripe fruits, about 1 kg. They should be washed and discarded in a colander. The berries should not be too wet. Now roll the strawberries in a mixture of powdered sugar and cornstarch. Lubricate the surface of the base of the dough with butter and carefully lay out the filling. Gently roll the roll. We spread it on a baking sheet, greased with oil or pork fat (it would be nice to lay a baking sheet with oiled baking paper). We place the baking sheet with strawberry strudel in the oven and bake at medium temperature for 35-40 minutes.
Strudel made from ready-made dough
In order not to bother, you can buy a puff pastry in a store or in public catering establishments and prepare a strudel with strawberries already from it. Then it's still easier. We cook also, as well as from the home dough: we roll out a thin layer, fill it with filling, roll the roll and bake it in the oven.