Cherry strudel
Description
Homemade pastry for tea. Germans named a rolled dough dish "strudel." This dessert is prepared all around the world. Fillings can vary widely (both savory and sweet). This recipe involves making cherry strudel. You can buy ready-made dough at the store. This dessert can be prepared any time of year, but it's especially popular during fruit and berry season. Serve cooled or slightly warm.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. To save time, you can use ready-made puff pastry. Fresh cherries are preferable, but if you want to make cherry strudel in winter and have frozen berries, that's no problem—frozen berries can be used as well.
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Step 2
2. Roll out the dough as thinly as possible. Then prepare the cherries: remove the pits and stems, and thoroughly rinse the berries.
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Step 3
3. Brush the surface with melted butter, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and crushed walnuts, then evenly arrange the berries on top.
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Step 4
4. Sprinkle cherries with vanilla sugar. Start rolling the strudel into a tube.
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Step 5
5. Beat the yolk and brush the surface with it using a pastry brush. Place the strudel in a preheated oven at 200°C and bake for about 20 minutes.
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Step 6
6. Let the strudel cool slightly, then cut it into portions. Before serving, the dessert can be dusted with powdered sugar or drizzled with cherry jam.