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She who dares... bakes Strudel

My hair is in plaits, my pinafore is on and my cowbell is at the ready - yes, this month's challenge is Strudel. Just call me Heidi. Well, not quite. Courtney and Linda gave us plenty of room for creativity in this challenge so I decided to depart from traditional apple and make an eastern inspired pistachio, apricot and date strudel instead. Yum.


The main challenge was to make the super thin strudel pastry dough which is one of the only pastry doughs I've ever made which doesn't contain butter (practically diet food).


The trick is to stretch it out on a floured cloth and not to panic when you see holes appearing in the dough like a pair of old tights. Given the elasticity of the dough, it was actually easier to manipulate than I feared and I soon had my (somewhat laddered) sheet ready to fill.

The apple strudel recipe given looked delicious but in the spirit of adventure I decided to make a pistachio and rosewater frangipane to fill the pastry log. I started by soaking dried dates and apricots in a little rum and hot water to soften them. Once soft, I popped them in the blender to make a coarse puree.

To make the frangipane, I creamed butter, pistachios, egg, a little flour and a few drops of rosewater. Delicious.

I spread the fruit puree and the frangipane over the dough and used the cloth to make a rather uninspiring looking sausage:


Which I then shaped into an even less appetising looking horseshoe and baked for 30 minutes.

The strudel dough was crisp and flakey but it was definitely just a shell for the more flavoursome filling. I'm not sure whether the pastry turned out as it should have done - it was fine but it didn't really ring my cowbell! I was very happy with the filling though. The mixture of pistachios, dried fruit and rosewater was moist, fragrant and delicious. I would definitely try this filling in a tart, perhaps with figs as well...

As ever, it was a pleasure to learn how to make something new and I urge you to check out the original recipe here and see the other DBers' work here. If you are tempted to try the filling I made, the ingredients are as follows:

250g dried apricots/dried dates soaked in a little boiling water with rum if you please
150g shelled pistachios
1 large egg
100g caster sugar
1tsp rosewater
2 tbsp plain flour
70g softened butter
  1. Grind the pistachios with half of the sugar in a food processor until they are in fine crumbs.

  2. In a food mixer (or with a wooden spoon) beat the butter until it is soft. Add the remaining sugar and cream until fluffy.

  3. Add the egg and mix it in well. Add the rosewater (you may want to add more to taste).

  4. Stir in the pistachios and flour until you have a chunky paste.

  5. Meanwhile puree your dried fruit.

  6. Spread the dried fruit paste onto the pastry and top with the pistachio frangipane.

The May Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Linda of make life sweeter! and Courtney of Coco Cooks. They chose Apple Strudel from the recipe book Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest and Prague by Rick Rodgers.

PS. Klaus the Austrian goat was not impressed with the departure from the traditional!

58 comments:

mary said...

Wow -- that filling sounds to-die-for. I don't know if I'm going to make strudel again, but I need to find some excuse to make your filling!

Anonymous said...

your photography is fantastic and great filling ideas! superb

Anzj said...

Can we please exchange strudels?? You can have my common apfelstrudel and I will gladly take that scrumptious looking pistacchio thingy.

kat said...

I think your filling sounds so interesting!

steph- whisk/spoon said...

klaus my turn up his nose, but i am loving your middleeastern strudel! delish--and you are right...practically diet food!

glamah16 said...

Forget about Klaus! I like what you did.

Kris Ngoei said...

Fantastic filling... I definitely have to try it!!!!!! Great job!

Regards
Kris

Katie said...

Your strudel sounds amazing. Love the apricot and date filling. Yum

Silvia - Magnolia Wedding Planner said...

wow can't find other words to describe it! :-D fantastic strudel darling!

a big kiss
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chriesi said...

What a great idea for the filling! I love it!

linda said...

Love your Middle Eastern approach for the filling, yum!

Lucy said...

I'm sorry the pastry didn't taste amazing in the end - the strudel sure looks amazing! As do your photos which all made my mouth water :)

George said...

Wow that sounds and looks fabulous. Great job.

Pink of Perfection said...

your writing is magnificent and makes me smile. :)

silverrock said...

I would never have thought to use pistachio! Way to go, the strudel looks divine!!

Pity said...

your photos are incredible, and the strudel reminded me of my days in viena and berlin, i had strudel everyday, but this filling is out of the ordinary, cute blog, loved it, visit mine if you have the time:
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Sam said...

Your strudel looks amazing! I love the apricot and pistachio filling.

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