Today I am going to show you how to make Strudel,
this is because we went to a Strudel making party on Sunday
organised by Zeky's mum Jane.
Strudel comes from Eastern Europe so this is the link with Jane's family, and she used to make them when she was a girl in the USA.
The recipe for Strudel is:
100g self raising Flour (normal flour plus baking powder)
55g butter
1 egg
Mix flour and butter together (we used a food processor) - then stir in egg. Knead dough until smooth. Rest oiled for 2 hours. This gives the gluten in the dough time to get stretchy.
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| Can you see the tablecloth under the dough?
Once the dough is very big and thin you can add the apple mix. This is how to make it:
2 Jin of apples (1kg) slice very thinly.
Raisins - 22g - Jane soaked her in baojiu (alcohol - yuk)
Brown sugar - 2 teaspoons
Cinnamon - 2 teaspoons
Butter - 25g melted
Mix all together. Then put onto the dough, wipe over with butter and then pull the tablecloth to make a big sausage shape. Then wipe over the top with butter again.
This is how it looks in black and white.
Then bake in the oven at 220 degrees Centigrade (C) for 45 minutes - 1 hour.
This is ours, nearly eaten. Delicious.
THANK YOU JANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is from Orla: I like your strudel. I like the idea. It looks like a huge sausage! It looks tasty. Is it tasty? I wish I could have some. Yummy yum yum. Lots of love from Orla xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteHello Orla
Deletemy strudel is very very very tasty and when you
come to China we will make some! i hope??
How is woodcraft (i herd you said you were going to visit me in news) and school?
What was Louis's news? and what are the two new little
girls names?
Lots and lots and lots of love
Anna xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi Anna,
ReplyDeleteIt's me this time! Your strudel looks fab - and exactly the sort of thing I'd love to learn to make (I have made a cherry and hazelnut one but it was with filo pastry so that was a bit of a cheat!) Did you know that the word 'strudel' means something like 'whirlpool' - in old german? I like the idea that you can be sitting calmly eating some pud with a whirlpool in your tummy!
In Movers and Shakers at the moment, we've families from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania. (It's great to have such a mix of people) I think that part of the world ie eastern europe, is pretty 'strudelly.' I'll ask them what they know about strudels and report back.
Ask Kate about the telly programme called 'The Generation Game'. It used to be on on saturday nights when we were little. It might have been on after Doctor Who. Making the strudel pastry made me think of the silly things the contestants had to do. It generally got extremely messy and was the best bit to watch.
Are you going to make a christmas pudding? (Did you get the photos?) Lots of love Hilaryxxxxxxx(7 for now. 8 soon though)
Hello Anna - I love apple strudel although I have never tried making it. I cheat and buy mine from Sainsburys! It looks like a lot of fun trying to get the pastry so thin. I know what Hilary means about the Generation game!
ReplyDeleteBy the way please can you tell Kate that Mary and I used our Treatment Room vouchers recently - we both had an Indian Head massage each and we really enjoyed a very relaxing afternoon.
Love from Tracey x
Hi Anna
ReplyDeleteSome strudel news! I asked our neighbour,Stassie about strudels in Bulgaria. They traditionally eat strudel on Christmas Eve. Apparently, Christmas is a little like Lent in that people 'fasted' (or ate plain foods) for 40 days and nights leading up to the 25th. The strudel they eat on the 24th is part of a vegan feast of 7 dishes. It is simply made with pastry, pumpkin and cinammon. No sugar or butter or anything like that.
Interesting to try maybe, though think I'd prefer your apple one. We're making a Banoffee pudding this weekend...I'd been talking to Louis and Orla about it and they were keen to have a go. Now you can get ready boiled condensed milk for the toffee bit. Bit of a shame in some ways because part of the excitement was boiling the tin of milk for hours and hoping it wouldn't explode!
Lots of love and happy new year Hilaryxxxxxxxx