Strudel with cherry is a purely Austrian dish. But these days the recipe for this dessert is very popular in other countries. In a word, the strudel, wherever it is cooked, always remains a strudel! It can be baked with any filling, because the most important thing in preparing strudel is a dough. If you cook the dough correctly, it will be good to keep any stuffing and give a delicious taste. You can cook it for breakfast or as a dessert for tea. How to cook a strudel with a cherry? We offer you a very simple recipe for making cherry strudel with aromatic filling.
Cherry strudel from puff pastry
Ingredients:
- ready-made puff pastry - 500 g;
- fresh cherries (without pits) - 500 g;
- sugar - 100 g;
- butter - 30 g;
- starch - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- breadcrumbs - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- powdered sugar - to taste.
Preparation
So, let's prepare the filling. To do this, my cherry, we clean from the bones, if necessary, and pour into the colander to stack all the juice. Beforehand, put a plate in front of the colander to collect the cherry juice. Stir the juice mixed with sugar, put on a weak fire and heat it to a boil. Gently add the starch in cherry syrup and mix until smooth, so that no lumps are formed. Prepared syrup is cooled, add to cherries, pour breadcrumbs and mix well.
Ready-made non-yeast puff pastry is rolled into 3 thin layers. The first layer is smeared before melted butter, spread on it evenly cherry filling and wrapped in a roll. The second and third layer is also pawned and rolled into rolls.
Prepared strudel spread on a baking sheet, covered with baking paper and put in a preheated 200 degrees oven. Bake approximately 15 minutes.
Ready strudel with cherries cool, cut into slices, put on a dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cherry strudel from puff pastry is best served with vanilla ice cream.
Strudel with cottage cheese and cherries
Ingredients:
- flour - 250 g;
- Butter - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon juice - 1 teaspoon;
- salt - 0,5 tsp.
- egg - 1 piece;
- cottage cheese - 300 g;
- fresh cherries - 1 item;
- cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
- sugar - 50 g;
- powdered sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- egg yolk - 1 piece;
- vegetable oil for lubrication.
Preparation
This recipe strudel with cherries begins with the preparation of the dough. In a separate plate, whisk the egg and lemon juice into a thick foam. We sift the flour into a deep bowl. We make a hole in the flour, carefully pour the prepared egg and salt to taste. Add the melted butter and knead a homogeneous smooth dough, diluting little by little with warm water. To make the dough more elastic and elastic, it must be well crushed and discarded on a hard surface. We put the finished dough in a saucepan, cover with a towel and put in heat for 30 minutes.
At the time, let's prepare the cheese-cherry filling.
Raise the dough evenly rolled into a thin layer, from above spread the prepared stuffing and wrap it in a roll. Lubricate with vegetable oil and spread on a baking sheet. Put the strudel in a preheated oven, and bake for 25 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. The finished strudel is cooled and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Invite your friends to a cup of tea and surprise them with a beautiful strudel with cherry and cottage cheese - believe me, they will be delighted.