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| Viennese Apple Strudel
Start with the strudel pastry: 8 oz plain flour 1 pinch salt 1 tsp vinegar 1/8 cup lukewarm water 1 tbsp oil In a bowl mix together flour,vinegar, oil and salt. Add enough warm water until the mixture sticks together and can be put onto a pastry board sprinkled with flour. With your hands knead the dough and add flour or water if necessary until the dough becomes silky smooth and keeps its shape. Put a little (1/2 tsp) oil into a warm bowl and spread it around until there is a thin film. Place the dough into the bowl and turn it over several times until it is covered with a thin film of oil, cover with clean cloth and let rest for about 30 minutes. In the meantime, prepare the apples: 1 pound golden delicious apples 2 or 3 tbsp melted butter/margarine 3/4 cup raisins, rinsed and dried cinnamon 1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs sugar Peel, core and thinly slices the apples. Put the breadcrumbs into a pan and roast them until slightly brown, set aside. Prepare a table cloth over a kitchen table and sprinkle with flour. Sprinkle a pastry board with flour and place the strudel dough onto it. Knead a few more minutes until all the oil is absorbed. With a rolling pin roll the dough out as thin as possible and then slide your hands with the palms down underneath the dough. Pull and stretch it from always from the middle, being careful not to tear the dough until it is paper thin. Place the dough onto the kitchen table and cut off the thick ends. Brush 3/4 of the dough with melted butter and sprinkle the toasted breadcrumbs evenly over 3/4 of the dough. Spread the apples over the breadcrumbs and sprinkle cinnamon, raisins and sugar over the apples. The amount of sugar and cinnamon depends on your personal taste. Fold over the 3 narrow sides of the strudel and roll the strudel up completely and place it onto a jelly roll pan. Brush the strudel one more time with some melted butter and bake it at 350 degrees until golden brown. Posted to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jewish_Cuisine/ By lisa_edelstein2000@... |