Strudel or Stretch: how to say correctly? What is a strudel?

A short review of what the well -known Austrian dessert is called correctly, which is and how to serve it.

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Strudel or Stretch: how to say correctly?

The strangely sounding word Strudel [ˈʃtʁuːdəl] came to modern lexicology from the Middle Ages of the Madame and translated as a “funnel”.

The word Strudel is written and many read it using the phonetics of the English language, straps. However, based on the rules of the phonetics of the German language, the word is read as “strudel”.

The first mention of the dessert dates from the XVII century. And for the whole, more than four hundred years of history, one single name has not been fixed behind the dish. This delicacy is known as a strudel or strap.

What is a strudel?

Speaking briefly - this is a roulette -form.

Distinguish between dessert and snack straps.

Desserts include:

milk-cream,
with walnut-tank filling,
sugar,
cottage cheese,
fruit,
berry.

To the snacks:

potato,
meat,
vegetables,
with mushrooms
with sauerkraut and sausages,
with Liver, etc.

With all the variety of options for this baking, the main condition for the correct pie is the basis of exhaust dough.

The test includes:

flour with high gluten content,
water,
salt
several eggs.

After kneading, the dough is rolled out, and ideally stretches, to the thickness of the cigarette paper (see photo).

Stages of preparing a strudel. — Stages of preparing a strudel

The filling is laid out on the finished dough, and the cake is folded into a roll. It is advisable to give the roll of the horseshoes.

The diner strap is served cut into portioned pieces, both hot and cold. All kinds of sauces and fresh vegetables go well with the pie.

The dessert stridel is served warm. A ball of vanilla ice cream is laid out on a portioned piece of the pie. If necessary, any sweet sauce can also be used as topping.

Crossing link, you will find a recipe for cooking fast stotel.