How to make puff pastry strudel at home. TOP 4 recipes, culinary tips and secrets. Video recipes.
Puff pastry strudel - a dish based on the famous Austrian dessert. However, in the original version, the thin base is made from filo drawn dough, which is combined with various fillings, but most often with an abundant amount of apples, raisins, nuts and cinnamon. To prepare such a strudel at home, you will have to spend a lot of time and effort. Since stretched filo dough is a laborious process and a rather painstaking business. The dough is kneaded from flour, water and oil, then it is rolled out as thinly as possible and pulled out by hand, turning and making a transparent layer without breaks. For the novice cook, there is a more accessible interpretation, using puff pastry for baking. Today we offer TOP-4 strudel recipes, which are prepared without much hassle from puff pastry.
Secrets and tips of chefs
- Puff pastry can be bought ready-made in the store. It can be yeast and unleavened yeast-free. There is not much difference in it. Yeast-free puff pastry is more high-calorie and fatty. Because it has more layers (about 140) with more oil in between. When baked, it rises slightly, in contrast to unleavened, unleavened dough. In it, the layers are not so clearly visible.
- Strudel is prepared with a variety of fruits and berries, and sometimes vegetables act as a filling. But apple strudel remains the signature recipe.
- There should be a lot of filling in the strudel. If the filling is very juicy, sprinkle the layer of dough with ground breadcrumbs, nuts or cookies so that they absorb excess liquid.
- Add the secret ingredients to the filling. In Austria, rum and walnuts are added without fail. This will make the taste of the dessert especially delicious and unforgettable. Rum soaks the dough well and adds "moisture" to it, and the nuts add flavor, but they must be crushed before adding.
- To make the strudel easier to roll, place a linen towel or parchment paper on the countertop and dust it with flour. Roll up the strudel by pulling the towel towards you.
- The most delicious strudel is warm, but it can also be served chilled.
- Before sending the strudel to the oven, brush the dough with olive oil for a delicious and crispy crust.
With apples
This is a quick and delicious apple puff pastry apple strudel with cinnamon. Although it is prepared with deviations from Austrian culinary traditions, this option does not take long.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 183 kcal.
- Servings - 6
- Cooking time - 1 hour 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry (yeast or yeast-free) - 500 g
- Raisins - 100 g
- Butter - about 100 g
- Ground cinnamon - 2 tsp
- Breadcrumbs - 40-50 g
- Sugar - 150 g
- Lemon Juice - from half a lemon
- Walnuts - 100 g
- Powdered sugar - 2-3 tablespoons
- Apples - 500 g
Making puff pastry apple strudel:
- For the filling, rinse the raisins thoroughly and pat dry with a paper towel. Fry the nuts in a clean, dry frying pan and chop (not finely crumble) with a knife or in a blender bowl. The nuclei should remain medium in size.
- Wash and dry the apples, peel and core. Then cut them into small thin slices.
- Fold the apple slices into a deep bowl, sprinkle with the juice of half a lemon and stir. Then add raisins with nuts, sugar and ground cinnamon for flavor. Mix all components well.
- Defrost the puff pastry beforehand and roll it out into a thin rectangle.
- Melt the butter and apply 2-3 tbsp. onto a rolled out layer of dough. Spread evenly over the entire surface with a silicone brush.
- Pour a layer of bread crumbs on top, stepping back 10 cm from one edge, and 4 cm from the other three crabs.
- Then, on top of the crumbs, spread a layer of filling along the border of the breadcrumbs.
- To prevent the filling from falling out, bend three edges 4 cm each, and roll the blank into a tight roll. At the same time, grease each turn of the dough with melted butter.
- Transfer the formed strudel to a baking sheet covered with parchment.
- Bake it in the oven for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees. Remove the strudel every 10 minutes and brush with melted butter.
- Brush the finished puff pastry apple strudel with apples and nuts with the remaining butter and sprinkle with sweet powdered sugar through a fine sieve.
With cherry
Lazy puff pastry strudel with cherries and nuts - delicious homemade baked goods. For this juicy and aromatic pastry, fresh berries or frozen ones are suitable for quick tea.
Ingredients:
- Yeast-free puff pastry - 500 g
- Frozen cherries - 500 g
- Walnuts - 100 g
- Bread crumbs - 80 g
- Granulated sugar - 100 g
- Cornstarch - 1 tablespoon
- Butter - 1 tablespoon
- Eggs - 1 pc.
Making Cherry Puff Pastry Strudel:
- Defrost the dough at room temperature. Sprinkle the work surface with flour and roll it out with a rolling pin into a very thin layer.
- Melt the butter and brush the rolled dough with it.
- Sprinkle the dough evenly with breadcrumbs, retreating 2 cm from the edges of the layer.
- Pre-fry or dry the walnuts in a clean, dry skillet and chop finely in a food processor. Then sprinkle them over the dough.
- Defrost the cherries, drain the juice, add the starch and stir so that the cherry juice is "sealed" inside and the strudel is not soaked.
- Place cherries on top of the nuts and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
- Gently roll the filled dough into a tight roll and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- On top, make a few pricks with a fork and brush the roll with a beaten egg.
- Send the cherry puff pastry strudel to the preheated oven to 200 degrees for 15 minutes.
- When the pastry is golden brown, remove the roll from the oven, cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
With jam
Puff pastry strudel with jam is a quick and tasty pastry for tea for unexpected guests. Always airy, unusual and incredibly tasty. Any jam is suitable for the recipe, the main thing is that it is thick, and not liquid.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry - 500 g
- Jam - 75 g
- Starch - 2 tsp
- Mint syrup - 1 tablespoon
- Powdered sugar - to taste
Making puff pastry strudel with jam:
- Defrost the dough at room temperature. This process usually takes no more than 30 minutes. Then roll it out with a rolling pin into a thin layer.
- Mix the jam with starch and pour it onto the dough in a layer of 1 cm, stepping back from the edges by 1, 5-2 cm.
- Fold up the three edges of the dough, covering the filling to prevent it from flowing out, and roll the dough into a roll.
- Combine the edges well and transfer the roll to a baking sheet. Send it to bake in a preheated oven to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
- 5 minutes before the puff pastry strudel with jam is ready, brush it with mint syrup and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
With cottage cheese
Airy strudel with delicate curd filling is a great addition to breakfast. It is simple and quick to prepare, but it turns out to be very tasty. The curd filling can be supplemented to taste with raisins, dried apricots, candied fruits or any other additives to taste.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry - 400 g
- Cottage cheese - 200 g
- Raisins - 100 g
- Butter - 50 g
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Sugar - 130 g
- Vanilla sugar - 1 sachet
- Powdered sugar - 1 tablespoon
- Ground walnuts - 50 g
- Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp
- Chocolate chips - 50 g
Making puff pastry strudel with cottage cheese:
- Remove the puff pastry from the freezer and defrost naturally, without using the microwave. After 25-30 minutes, the dough will defrost. Then sprinkle the table with flour and lay a layer on it. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin so that it is 2-3 mm thick.
- Mix cottage cheese with sugar and beat with a blender until a tender, sweet mass is obtained.
- Wash the raisins, dry with a paper towel and add to the curd mass. Then add vanilla sugar, chocolate chunks, cinnamon and walnuts. Mix the curd filling gently with a spoon.
- Spread the filling evenly over the surface of the rolled dough, leaving 2 cm on each edge.
- Roll each edge over the filling and roll the dough into a roll. Tighten the ends gently to prevent the filling from leaking out.
- Break the egg and take only the yolk, no white is needed. Beat the yolk with a fork and brush over the surface of the strudel.
- Cover the baking sheet with paper, put the roll on it and brush with yolk.
- Send puff pastry strudel with cottage cheese to bake in a preheated oven to 180 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Cool the finished baked goods a little, sprinkle with powdered sugar and garnish with powdered sugar.
