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Kitchen utensils: clay baking dish,
bowls for fillings
Preparation time: 1 hour
Baking time: 1 hour
Ingredients for short pastry:
250 g smooth wheat flour, 80g butter,
1 egg, 2-3 spoons of white wine,
1 teaspoon of sugar, a pinch of salt.
Ingredients for strudel pastry:
750g smooth white flour, 1 egg yolk,
2/4 l of lukewarm water, salt
For the first filling:
300g curd cheese, 1 egg,
2 spoons sugar, 1 dl sour cream,
a pinch of salt
For the second filling:
200g ground poppy seed,
1/2 dl cream or milk,
1 egg, 1 spoon sugar
For the third filling:
200g ground walnuts,
a little sugar, cinnamon
For the fourth filling:
500g apples, 100g raisins,
a little sugar and cinnamon
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For the second filling:
200g ground poppy seed, 1/2 dl cream or milk, 1 egg, 1 spoon sugar
For the third filling:
200g ground walnuts, a little sugar, cinnamon
For the fourth filling:
500g apples, 100g raisins, a little sugar and cinnamon
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Procedure: make the short pastry and the strudel pastry from the above ingredients, knead them well and
let them sit. In the meantime, prepare the first and the second filling. Put all the ingredients into the bowl
and mix well. For the third filling, sweeten the ground walnuts and sprinkle with cinnamon. For the fourth fill-
ing, wash, peel and grate the apples, mix in sugar and cinnamon and, if desired, raisins. Then return to the
pastry. Roll the short pastry, which has rested, to at the most half-inch thick and put it in a greased baking
dish so that it reaches the edges. Roll out the strudel pastry, which has rested, on a sheet strewn with flour
and let dry.
Spread the poppy filling over the pastry in the baking dish, top it with a round-shaped layer of strudel pas-
try and sprinkle it with cream or melted butter. Spread the fresh cheese filling over it and top it with the second
layer of strudel pastry, sprinkling it with butter or cream and strewing it with walnuts. Cover the walnuts
with another layer of pastry, sprinkle it with fat and scatter the apple filling over it, topping it with yet anoth-
er layer of pastry. Sprinkle this layer with butter and cover it with one or two more layers of pastry, each of
which should be greased separately. The pie should be baked for half hour on medium heat. Then pour 2 dl sour
cream over it and bake for another half hour.
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