Anina štrudla sa orasima / Ana's walnut strudel

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Radila sam ju dva dana nakon što ju je Ana objavila na svom blogu, obožavamo ovakve kolačiće.
I još jedan vikend proletio, sunčan i vruć, pred-ljetan. Malo smo odmarali, uživali, napravili kolač, dobro se najeli...I eto nam novog tjedna. Već. Ponedjeljci su obično gorki i treba ih zasladiti (moja misao vodilja) pa eto vam nešto maleno, slatko i mirisno.
Dakle, ova štrudlica je Anin recept, pogledajte original na njezinom blogu Kašičica šećera & prstohvat soli. Kad ga je objavila, znala sam da neću dugo čekati prije nego ga isprobam. Spremila sam ju za naš gušt i tako je dobra uz čašu mlijeka navečer i kave ujutro.
Znate da volim ovakve minijaturne štrudlice, pogotovo ako se radi o punjenju od oraha. K tome sam imala teglicu domaćeg pekmeza od dunja i šljiva koji se tako dobro spojio s ovim orasima. Ovaj se kolač kod nas zove djedovi brkovi ili suhe mačje oči.
Punjenje je odlično, možda idući put dodam grožđice jer ih obožavam, ali svakako nisu potrebne. Dodala sam i rum te malo cimeta (rum mi je u orahnjačama neizostavan). Tijesto je priča za sebe-jako sam zadovoljna. Slično je kao kod prhkih štrudlica, samo što koristi kvasac, tako da se još ljepše reže, ne puca. Mislim da od sad koristim samo ovaj recept za tijesto. I na kraju, ono što mene najviše "pali" jest njihov izgled-preslatke su, minijaturne, dekorativne. Brze u za izradu, jednostavne. Ovaj kolač će se zasigurno udomaćiti kod nas, recept je već na sigurnom u mojoj bilježnici. Ana, hvala ti!

                                                                    Ana's walnut strudel
                                                                      (Original recipe here)


Another weekend went by...to fast, of course. Two/three days off, lovely sunny and hot days always go by too fast. Saturdays are probably my favorites, because they're followed by free Sundays. And lots of sun. And fun. And free time. Time to just simply lay down and do absolutely nothing. Or bake a cake and have a barbecue. Take a blanket and lay down by the river. My town Karlovac lays on four rivers, so there's an abundance of lovely places by the water. 
Today is the first day of the rest of the working week...hurray. Not. Anyway, new weekend will come, until then treat yourself right-with a lovely salad lunch, delicious and healthy smoothie and...dessert, of course. I'm giving you this lovely tiny strudel. One small piece to satisfy your sugar cravings, without eating too much calories ;) The recipe is from a fellow blogger Ana, you can see the original over at her blog.


For the strudel dough

• 250 g butter
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 packet instant dry yeast (7 g)
• 600 g all purpose flour
• zest of 1 lemon
• 150 ml milk
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp sour cream

For the filling

• 4 egg whites + pinch of salt
• 500 g ground walnuts (300 g + 200 g)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• several tbsp your favorite marmalade
• 200 g sugar

1. First, make the dough: heat milk until warm, add dry yeast with a pinch of sugar and leave to dissolve, for 5 min. Beat butter with egg yolks and sour cream. Add yeast mixture, lemon zest, 1 tsp salt and sifted flour. Knead until soft dough forms. Cover in plastic wrap and leave in the fridge for 30 min.

2. Make the filling: beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beat until shiny. In the end, add finely ground 200 g walnuts and cinnamon.

3. Take your dough, divide in 4 equal pieces and roll each one out on well-floured surface, into a rectangle. Brush each rectangle generously with marmalade and sprinkle with ground walnuts. Roll longer rectangle sides towards the middle, but leave a tiny space in between. Put walnut-egg white mixture into that tiny space. Place all 4 rolled up strudels onto a baking sheet covered with baking paper.

4. Preheat oven to 200 Celsius and bake until nicely golden. When cooled, sprinkle with some powdered sugar and cut into pieces.