Strudel is an amazingly tasty roll made of thin stretched dough with a pear filling. How to properly prepare the dough and filling, are there any secrets and peculiarities of baking? We reveal all the subtleties of the recipe.
Recipe content:
- How to cook pear strudel - general cooking principles
- Pear strudel: a classic recipe
- Puff pastry pear strudel
- Lavash pear strudel
- Video recipes
Strudel is a traditional Austrian dessert prepared with a variety of fillings, since the taste and density of the dough allows you to constantly experiment with the filling. The most popular filling is apples. But besides them, the dessert is prepared with nuts, chocolate, strawberries, strawberries, cherries, nuts, cottage cheese, poppy seeds, and of course, pears. With the latter, today we will bake this delicacy. It should be noted that there are strudels with vegetable, meat, mushroom and cheese fillings. Any pastry, both sweet and savory, tasty, hearty and worth trying.
How to cook pear strudel - general cooking principles
- The treat is prepared from different doughs, but unleavened stretched dough is most often used. In addition to it, thin sheets of filo dough, curd or puff pastry are used.
- For the "lazy" version of the strudel, thin Armenian lavash is used.
- The classic dessert ingredients are flour, butter, water and a pinch of salt.
- Sugar is usually added not to the dough, but to the filling itself.
- Some recipes include the addition of acid, it increases the elasticity of the dough, and the dessert becomes more crumbly.
- Oil (vegetable or butter) must be added. It softens the dough and increases its elasticity.
- Vegetable oil is used for a lean recipe, melted butter or ghee for sweet desserts.
- The dough is first kept in the refrigerator for half an hour. During this time, the flour gluten will swell, it will become elastic and it will be easier to roll it out.
- The dough is rolled out very thinly, otherwise it will not bake and the dessert will turn out to be sticky and moist.
- The dough is first rolled out with a rolling pin, then stretched by hands until transparent.
- There should be a lot of filling.
- If the filling is very juicy, then sprinkle the layer of dough with ground breadcrumbs, cookies or nuts. They will absorb excess liquid.
- The strudel will be easier to fold if you place a large linen towel sprinkled with flour on the table. Then the roll is wrapped by pulling the towel over.
- Serve the strudel warm, sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Pear strudel: a classic recipe
The classic Austrian strudel recipe is made from stretch dough. And although the process of its preparation is very laborious, but having gotten used to it, such a delicacy can be prepared in a matter of minutes without much effort.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 189 kcal.
- Servings - 4 Strudel
- Cooking time - 1 hour 50 minutes
Ingredients:
- Flour - 4 tbsp. Water - 1, 5 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - 75 ml
- Walnuts - 15 g
- Butter - 100 g
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
- Ground cinnamon - 2 tsp
- Salt - a pinch
- Sugar - 150 g
- Pears - 1 kg
Step-by-step preparation of strudel with pear, a classic recipe with a photo:
- Dissolve salt, vegetable oil and vinegar in water.
- Sift flour into the liquid through a fine sieve.
- Knead a soft, elastic dough that does not stick to your hands.
- Roll the finished dough into a ball, wrap with foil and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- After this time, divide the dough into 4 parts and roll each part with a rolling pin into a thin layer.
- Then take the dough in your hands and with the dusty side of your palms, knuckles, stretch it as thinly as possible from the center to the edges. Do this quickly to prevent the dough from drying out.
- Spread the finished dough sheet on a surface sprinkled with flour, or better with a clean cloth. This will make it easier to roll it up.
- Melt the butter and brush the surface of the dough so that it does not dry out.
- Chop the nuts into small crumbs and sprinkle on the dough.
- Wash the pears, grate on a coarse grater and spread over the entire surface of the dough.
- Sprinkle them with sugar and ground cinnamon.
- Gently cover the filling with the edge of the dough and use a towel to roll into a loose roll.
- Grease a baking dish or line with baking paper.
- Place the strudel on top of it, seam side down.
- Brush it with milk or beaten egg on top to form a golden brown crust.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the strudel for 20 minutes.
- In the baking process, grease it 1-2 times with butter or milk.
Puff pastry pear strudel
A step-by-step recipe for puff pastry pear strudel will save you a lot of time while getting delicious homemade cakes. Such a roll can be served not only on the table for family tea drinking, but also on a special occasion.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry - 500 g
- Pears - 500 g
- Raisins - a handful
- Almonds - a handful
- Milk - for greasing the roll
- Sugar - 100 g
Step by step preparation of puff pastry pear strudel:
- Remove the dough from the freezer in advance and leave to melt. Do not use a microwave oven or it will deteriorate.
- Fry the almonds in a dry skillet and chop finely with a knife.
- Pour boiling water over the raisins and leave for 10 minutes to soften. Then dry with a paper towel.
- Wash the pears and cut into cubes.
- When the dough is thawed, roll it out into a thin layer with a rolling pin.
- Apply ground almonds, pears, raisins to it and sprinkle with sugar.
- Gently roll the dough into a roll and place seam side down on parchment paper.
- Lubricate it with milk and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Lavash pear strudel
The simplest recipe for pear strudel is thin Armenian lavash strudel. To prepare such a treat, you will need no more than half an hour and a delicious sweetness will decorate your dining table.
Ingredients:
- Thin Armenian lavash - 2 pcs.
- Pears - 6 pcs.
- Sugar - 50 g
- Butter - 30 g
- Ground crackers - 50 g
- Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
- Eggs - for lubrication
Step-by-step preparation of lavash pear strudel:
- Wash and grate the pears.
- Spread the lavash on the table and brush with melted butter. Do not bring the oil to a boil.
- Sprinkle it with ground breadcrumbs.
- Place pears on top.
- Wash the lemon, remove the zest with a grater and put it on top of the pear.
- Sprinkle sugar over the filling.
- Gently roll the pita bread and place it seam side down on a baking sheet.
- Stir the egg with a whisk and brush with a silicone brush on the strudel.
- Heat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the product for 15 minutes.
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