Russian Style Mixed/Dried Fruit Strudel Recipe - Cooking Index
Russian Style Mixed/Dried Fruit Strudel Recipe - Cooking Index
This was my Grandma Bessie's baking specialty. I haven't had this since she died but my brothers and I talk of it often, trying to re-construct what was in it. I re-discovered it at the Golden Key in Brighton Beach. Can be made on a rainy day with items in the pantry.
Courses: Dessert| Sour Cream Pastry | ||
| 1 1/2 cups | 93g / 3.3oz | All-purpose flour |
| 12 tablespoons | 180ml | Cold unsalted butter - (1 1/2 sticks) - cut into |
| Pea-sized bits | ||
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Sour cream |
| Dried Fruit Filling | ||
| 1 cup | 237ml | Pitted prunes |
| = (half of a 12-oz box) | ||
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Prune juice |
| 3 tablespoons | 45ml | Sugar |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Vanilla |
| 1 cup | 160g / 5.6oz | Golden raisins |
| 1/2 cup | 31g / 1.1oz | Dried cherries |
| 1 cup | 146g / 5.1oz | Coarsely-chopped walnuts or pecans |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Water |
Sour Cream Pastry: Put the flour in the bowl of an electric mixer. On slow, mix in the butter until it looks like very coarse meal. Mix in the sour cream until it masses together to form a dough. Pat into a rectangle, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour or overnight.
Dried Fruit Filling: Coarsely chop the prunes. In a small saucepan, cover the prunes with the prune juice and sugar. Bring to a simmer for 3 minutes. Place in a food processor with the vanilla and puree to a paste. Mix in the raisins, cherries and walnuts. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into a square 16 by 16 inches. Place the filling in a log running along the bottom and roll up. Pinch the ends closed. Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet, seam-side down.
Mix the egg and water together to form a wash and paint the strudel. Bake for 30 minutes until crisp and golden. Let cool on a rack, then slice into 1 inch pieces.
This recipe yields ?? servings.
Source:
MELTING POT with Wayne Harley Brachman - (Show # MP-1A15) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK
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