Walnut Strudel Recipe (Nußstrudel / Nussstrudel)

By gstark

Ingredients

• Dough Ingredients:
• 3 1/2 cups of All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp of Salt
• 1 packet of Active Dry Yeast (1/4 oz)
• 1 cup of Milk
• 1/4 lb (1 stick) of melted Unsalted Butter
• 2 Egg Yolks
• Filling Ingredients:
• 1 lb of Ground Walnuts
• 1 cup of Sugar
• 1 cup of Water
• 1/2 cup of Spiced Rum
• Prep and Baking Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup Flour
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup of Golden Raisins (to taste)
• 1 Egg White

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from german-recipes-and-more.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, mix Dry Yeast with a pinch each of Flour, Sugar, and salt

Mix in 1 Tbsp of warm Water

Set Yeast mixture aside for 10 minutes to activate

Mix Flour and Salt in large mixing bowl

In a sauce pan, mix Milk, melted Butter, and lightly beaten Yolks

Stir over low heat until warm

Form a hollow in the center of the Flour mixture

Pour frothy Activated Yeast mixture into hollow and cover with Flour

Add Milk mixture to Flour and mix into a Dough

Beat for 5-10 minutes then cover

Set covered Dough in a warm place and let rise for 1 hour

In a sauce pan, mix Sugar and Water

Bring Sugar/Water mixture to a boil

Boil on medium heat for 5 minutes

Remove pan from heat and stir in Ground Walnuts

Add Rum to Nut mixture and stir until blended

Place Strudel in half of a greased and floured baking pan

Brush Strudel with lightly beaten Egg White

Turn on oven and allow rolled Strudel to rest until oven is preheated to 350 F

Place Strudel pan into oven

Remove Strudel from pan and place on cooling rack or dry cutting board

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