
Strudel in a Kitchen Towel
Strudel nella Salvietta da Cucina
Trentino strucolo with walnuts, cooked in water inside a clean kitchen towel and served sliced ​​with sweet and crunchy breadcrumbs.
The strudel in a kitchen towel is a leavened cake with a rolled shape, characterized by a soft pastry and a rich, fragrant and pleasantly consistent filling. The walnuts, theraisins Recovered in rum, lemon zest and vanilla create a balance between toasted notes, sweetness and delicate aromas, while browned breadcrumbs add a fragrant component. Cooking in salted water, done with the roll wrapped in a clean kitchen towel, distinguishes this preparation from the baked versions and helps keep the dough moist and compact. The sliced ​​serving, topped with breadcrumbs browned in butter and sugar, highlights the contrast between the soft interior and the golden finish. This preparation belongs to the culinary tradition of Trentino-Alto Adige.
Instructions
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Prepare the pastry
Arrange the flour and add the eggs, the oil, the fresh yeast, a pinch of salt, and enough milk to make a workable dough. Knead until you have a smooth, elastic dough, with no dry patches. The dough should be soft but not sticky, suitable for rolling and rolling.
Prepare the walnuts
Blanch Soak the walnuts in milk, then let them soften and grind them. The resulting mixture should be uniform and fine enough to blend with the other filling ingredients, without retaining any large pieces.
Brown the breadcrumbs
Melt the butter and fry the breadcrumbs, stirring constantly. Stop browning when the breadcrumbs turn golden brown and release a toasted aroma. Avoid browning them too much, as this will give the filling a bitter taste.
Mix the filling
Add the walnuts, egg and the browned breadcrumbs to theraisins Soak the rum, sugar, lemon zest, vanilla seeds, and milk until smooth. Mix until smooth, compact, and spreadable, free of dry patches or obvious lumps.
Roll out the dough
Roll out the pastry on a clean surface, creating a regular rectangle of uniform thickness. The pastry should be thin enough to accommodate the filling and roll up without breaking, but not so thin that the filling shows through or spills out.
Stuffed and rolled
Spread the filling evenly over the pastry, leaving just enough of the edges to seal the roll. Gently roll the pastry up, forming a compact but not squashed strudel, with the filling firmly enclosed inside.
Wrap and let rise
Wrap the roll in a clean kitchen towel pulito, chiamato “straza”, senza stringerlo troppo. Legatelo con dello spago e lasciatelo lievitare finché aumenta visibilmente di volume. Il tessuto deve contenerlo senza comprimerlo, così l'impasto conserva una struttura soffice durante la cottura.
Lessate lo strucolo
40 minPortate a bollore abbondante acqua salata e immergetevi il rotolo avvolto nel clean kitchen towel. Cuocetelo per 30-40 minuti, mantenendo un bollore regolare; a metĂ cottura giratelo con cautela per uniformare la cottura. Al termine, la pasta dovrĂ risultare cotta e sostenere il rotolo senza sfaldarsi.
Rosolate il condimento
Fate rosolare altro pangrattato nel burro insieme allo zucchero, mescolando finché the mixture diventa dorato e profumato. Controllate il calore per evitare che lo zucchero bruci o che il pangrattato raggiunga una tonalità troppo scura.
Affettate e servite
Togliete il clean kitchen towel dallo strucolo ancora caldo e tagliatelo a fette regolari. Servite le porzioni cosparse con il pangrattato rosolato nel burro e nello zucchero, distribuendolo sulla superficie per aggiungere una nota croccante e dolce.
Chef's Tips
Avvolgete lo strucolo nel clean kitchen towel senza stringerlo: durante la lievitazione e la cottura l'impasto deve avere spazio per aumentare di volume senza deformarsi.
Ingredienti
- Ingredienti per 6 persone
- Per la sfoglia:
- (17.64 oz) 500 g di farina 1 o
- 2 uova
- (2 tbsp) 2 tablespoons d'olio
- (1.06 oz) 30 g di fresh yeast
- 1 pizzico di sale
- latte
- Per il ripieno alle noci:
- (14.11 oz) 400 g di noci macinate e blanch nel latte
- 1 uovo
- (3.53 oz) 100 g di raisins fatta poi rinvenire nel rum
- (3.53 oz) 100 g di burro,
- (5.29 oz) 150 g di zucchero
- (3 tbsp) 3 tablespoons di pangrattato
- scorza di limone, semini di vaniglia latte
Can't find it in the US?
- fresh yeastUS equivalent
Active dry yeast: 40% of the fresh weight (25 g fresh = 10 g active dry)
Or: Instant yeast: one third of the fresh weight (25 g fresh = 8 g instant)
Dissolve active dry yeast in lukewarm liquid first; mix instant yeast straight into the flour.
- dry breadcrumbsMost US supermarkets
Plain dry breadcrumbs
Not seasoned Italian-style crumbs and not panko.
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