Strudel is one of the most popular dishes in Austrian and German cuisine. An interesting technology for preparing strudel dough is the so-called stretched dough with the exact time and number of proofs. The dough for this dish is prepared without yeast and because of this it does not stale for a long time. Based on the same dough, you can make not only the famous apple strudel or many other sweet strudels, but even strudel with vegetables or meat.
It is necessary
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- For the test:
- 500 g flour
- 200 g butter
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 glass of milk
- For filling:
- 200 g pork
- 200 g of beef
- 1 egg
- 1 onion
- ½ glass of milk
- 200 g white bread
- salt
- ground black pepper
Instructions
Step 1
Sift flour through a sieve to prepare the dough.
Step 2
Melt the butter.
Step 3
Add warm water and 50 grams of melted butter to the flour.
Step 4
Knead the dough. Shape into a bun, cover with a towel, and proof with a bowl of dough in a saucepan of hot water for 15 minutes.
Step 5
Prepare the filling.
Soak the bread in milk for 7-10 minutes.
Step 6
Beat the egg lightly.
Step 7
Scroll the pork and beef through a meat grinder.
Step 8
Peel the onion and also mince it.
Step 9
Mash the bread to a state of gruel.
Step 10
Add the onion, bread and egg to the minced meat, mix, salt and pepper.
Step 11
Roll out a thin layer of dough, then roll up the dough again and place in a bowl for another 10 minutes.
Step 12
Roll out the finished dough very thinly, no more than 1-1.5 cm thick.
Step 13
Then transfer the dough to a large cotton towel and stretch it with your hands in all directions until 1 to 2 mm thick.
Step 14
Drizzle the remaining butter over the dough.
Step 15
Place the filling on one edge of the dough, along the edge.
Step 16
Gently wrap the filling in the dough using a towel, rolling the dough into a roll.
Step 17
Pinch the resulting roll on both sides and bend its ends inward.
Step 18
Place the strudel carefully in a greased baking dish.
Step 19
Pierce the roll with a fork in several places.
Step 20
Place the strudel in the oven at 170 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.
21
Then remove, pour a glass of boiling milk onto the strudel and cook in the oven for another 25 minutes.
22
Put the finished dish on a plate and cut into portions.
