Recipes of dough products are so widely known that without them it is impossible to imagine either modern or traditional cooking. Recipes for flour products are diverse and incredibly popular, we can make pies and cookies, pancakes, donuts, dumplings and, of course, bread from this.
Flour is not only wheat flour, which is most familiar to us. There is buckwheat flour, corn, rice, barley, as well as soy, pea and even bone. A variety of flour dishes have accompanied mankind since time immemorial. Every nation has many traditional recipes for dishes with flour of different types and grinding. Unleavened tortillas, lush loaves, cakes and pastries, noodles, pasta – all these are flour products.
Autumn is rich, generous and hospitable. And what about the holidays at this time of year! Fairs, folk festivals, weddings… I’ll tell you in confidence that I also have professional events in the fall – as many as four. No wonder they say that sparrows feast in autumn. And what is a holiday without cakes? So, open the calendar, find a reason and bake… like a strudel! Thin and brittle crust, delicious aroma of apples, caramel, cinnamon, vanilla and yeast dough. Let’s enjoy a delicious warm dessert, in the preparation of which there is nothing complicated! Surprised!? It’s all about the secret autumn ingredients!
Dear cooks, on this autumn day I want to invite you to tea with a piece of delicious apple strudel! Delicate crumbly dough and fragrant filling will not leave anyone indifferent.
Who and when came up with the idea of stretching raw, specially prepared dough to the thickness of tissue paper, and then wrapping it in a thick layer of fruit filling? It is said that the history of this amazing strudel cake has its roots in Byzantium and even Ancient Greece. It received its current name much later, in the XVIII century, from German confectioners. They made him the king of the pies of that time, contesting the palm among his cakes with the Viennese bakers. German, Austrian, Hungarian, Czech confectionery successfully sold all kinds of strudels – with nuts, apples, cottage cheese, cherries, strawberries, poppy seeds, raisins. In those days strudels were not only sweet, but also with mushroom, potato, cabbage and even fish fillings. Currently, preference is given to strudel for tea. Strudels have conquered the hearts of confectioners by the fact that they harden for a long time (the property of the dough to exhale) and they have a large proportion of filling – you can not be afraid to get fat. In addition, strudel dough can be prepared without fats, which is very important both for people who follow a diet and for those who suffer from diathesis.
This recipe is taken from the book by Karl Schumacher, the famous Austrian chef, about Viennese cakes! Excellent dough, thin, airy, crispy, and a very interesting filling of poppy seeds! We really liked the strudel, and I hope you will like it too!
The dough is easy to prepare and handle. The filling can be replaced with another one. A very tasty dessert and still looks great on the festive table.
