These Adorable Hungarian Sisters Are Master Chefs of Strudel
Ilona and Erzsébet are two elderly sisters who have baked traditional Hungarian strudel all their lives. They learned the art of this delicate pastry from their mother during the Communist era. Today, the sisters continue to bake strudel for more than 500 people at a time—bickering and singing all the while. Read more:
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The Secret Behind How Original Viennese Apple Strudel Is Made | Food Secrets Ep. 10
Viennese apple strudel is probably the most popular dessert among the many great pastries Austria has to offer. It takes special skills and ingredients to make an original apple strudel by hand. We went to Vienna, Austria to see how an original apple strudel is made.
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Viennese apple strudel
Ingredients for ten people
Dough:
• 210 g plain flour
• 42,5 g table oil
• 95 g lukewarm water
• 2 g salt
• one small egg
Filling
• 1.7 kg tart apples (e.g.: Golden Delicious), cut into flakes
• 25 g lemon juice
• 65 g cinnamon sugar
• 35 g chopped walnuts
• 35 g rum raisins
• 65 g granulated sugar
• a pinch of cinnamon
• some melted butter
Butter crumbs
• 100 g breadcrumbs
• 50 g butter
• 50 g granulated sugar
• 5 g vanilla sugar
Preparation
To make the dough, place the flour in a food processor with the oil, water, a pinch of salt and the egg - if you decided on using one - and process with the dough hook until a smooth dough is formed. Form the dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least an hour.
In the meantime, cut the apples into slices and mix them with lemon juice and prepare the butter crumbs.
For the butter crumbs, heat the butter in a saucepan and toast the crumbs in it, sweeten with sugar and vanilla sugar. After resting, sprinkle the dough well with flour and roll it out in an oblong shape with a rolling pin.
Sprinkle a large cloth with flour and stretch the strudel dough as thinly as possible to a size of 60 x 70 cm. (The dough should be so thin that you can read a newspaper through it.)
Use the backs of your hands, not your fingers, so as not to poke holes in the dough. Drizzle the dough with melted butter and spread the butter crumbs on a strip of dough. Put the sliced apples on top, then the cinnamon sugar, the walnuts and finally the rum raisins.
With the help of the cloth roll up the dough and put it on a baking tray covered with baking paper and brush it again with melted butter. Bake in the preheated oven at about 200 degrees Celsius for about 30 minutes until golden brown. Let the strudel cool down, cut it open and serve it sprinkled with powdered sugar and a dollop of whipped cream.
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Traditional Gottscheer Apple Strudel Recipe
My mother's family recipe for making apple strudel. I hope you enjoy!
Thank you to our good friends Mel and Lauraine Yee for filming this video in October 2014 in Walden, New York. One thing I want to mention is that when adding apples, breadcrumbs and butter to the strudel, also add cinnamon and sugar to your taste.
Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make CHERRY STRUDEL!
This is the authentic Viennese-style cherry strudel, where the dough is stretched out as thinly as possible and rolled over its fruit filling. To stretch out the strudel you need to use a clean (but not valuable) tablecloth). Try it yourself at home by following the directions below and then let us know how it tasted!
Ingredients
Cherry Filling
4 cup pitted tart cherries (these can be from frozen or jarred)
2 cup sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
3 Tbsp cornstarch
Strudel Dough
1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup bread flour
¼ tsp salt
1 cup warm water
3 Tbsp vegetable oil
½ tsp apple cider vinegar
Assembly
⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted
⅔ cup dry breadcrumbs
1 egg whisked with 2 Tbsp water, for brushing
Icing sugar, for dusting
Directions
1. For the cherry filling, bring the cherries up to a simmer with the sugar and cinnamon sticks, and simmer for 10 minutes. Whisk the cornstarch in a small bowl with a little cold water and add this to the cherries, stirring until the juices have thickened and the cherries are glossy. Set aside to cool before using.
2. For the strudel dough, blend the all-purpose and bread flours with the salt in a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the water, oil and vinegar and mix on low speed until the dough comes together and then increase by one speed and knead for 2-3 minutes (the dough will seem sticky). Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and continue to knead the dough until it seems a smooth but elastic texture. Place the dough in a covered bowl and set aside to rest at room temperature for at least an hour.
3. To assemble, preheat the oven to 375 F. Lay a clean tablecloth out over your work surface and dust it evenly with flour. Place the strudel dough in the middle of the tablecloth and with your hands or a dusted rolling pin; spread the dough out as far as you can. Now switch to only using your hands (and keep them dusted with flour) and pull and stretch the dough from underneath, using the back of your hands, until it is almost transparent (it’s alright if a hole pops up here or there).
4. Once stretched as far as it can, brush the entire surface of the dough gently with butter (or spread it with your hand). Sprinkle the dough with breadcrumbs, then spoon the cool cherry filling over one end of the strudel. Trim away the end pieces of dough and, using the tablecloth for leverage, lift and roll up the strudel dough loosely and quickly. Use the tablecloth to lift it onto a parchment-lined baking tray (you can curve it, if it is bigger than the tray) and pinch the edges to ensure the strudel is sealed.
5. Brush the top with egg wash and bake for about 45 minutes, until it is a rich golden brown. Allow the strudel to cool for at least 20 minutes before slicing, and serve each slice generously dusted with icing sugar.
6. This strudel is best served the day it’s baked, but can be stored, refrigerated for up to 3 days.
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