 Apfelstrudel
(Apple strudel) is a traditional Austrian
pastry, and is the most widely known kind of
strudel.
Apple strudel consists of an oblong strudel
pastry jacket with a filling of chopped
apples, sugar, cinnamon, raisins and bread
crumbs. Rum is also often used to add
flavour. Other ingredients include pine nuts
or slivered almonds. The art of preparation
is in making the pastry very thin and
elastic; it is said that a single layer
should be so thin you could read a newspaper
through it.
The filled Apfelstrudel is baked in an oven
and can be served warm, usually sprinkled
with icing sugar. The traditional way to
serve it is with vanilla custard, though
vanilla ice cream or whipped cream are also
very popular.
To bake a juicy Apfelstrudel, Elstar apples
are recommended. Apples chosen should be
good cooking apples, sour, crisp and
aromatic.
Recipes:
Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel) |
