About Strudel

Apart from the normal the normal cakes and bread, there is also strudels which are the delicacies of the baking world. Strudels are much more expensive then normal confectionery products as in needs alot of effort and time to successfully bake it.

Strudel is a Central Europe pastry and is believed to have originated form Austria. The best known kinds are AppleStrudel which consists of apple and TopfenStrudel which consists of Topfen (cream cheese) and there is also StarwberryStrudel and DurianStrudel.

Strudel pastry is very elastic. It is made from flour with a high gluten content and with very little fat and no sugar. The pastry is rolled out and stretched very thinly over the back of the chef's hand. The strudel pastry should be extremely thin that it should be slightly transparent. After which, the pastry is laid out on a tea towel, filled and then rolled up with help of the towel and baked in the oven.

Below are the three popular strudels available: