Slavonian Poppy Seed / Walnut Strudel

Strudels (with yeast) are speciality of Slavonian women (Slavonia is part of Croatia). This is an old recipe that I got from my Slavonian auntie.

Ingredients:
Dough-
500 g strong flour
1,5 teas yeast
100 g sugar
150 g butter, melted
4 medium eggs, beaten
100 ml milk, warm
zest of 1/2 lemon
Filling-
-Poppy seed:
250 g poppy seeds, grounded
150 g sugar
50 gr sultanas
200 ml milk, boiling
-Walnut:
250 g walnuts, processed
150 g sugar
50 g butter, melted
1-2 tbs vanilla sugar
150 ml milk, boiling
other-
1 egg, beaten - for brushing
Method:
Mix yeast with a little warm milk and teaspoon each sugar and flour. When activated, add all other ingredients and make a soft dough, kneading for 5-10 minutes (or use bread machine). Cover and leave in a warm spot to double.
Prepare fillings: In 2 separate bowls mix dry ingredients for fillings (one for walnut and one for poppy seed filling). Pour boiling milk over each, stir and leave to cool.
When dough ready, roll out onto floured surface (cloth will help) and cut into 2 rectangles. Spread filling - poppy seed to one and walnut filling to other half, leaving last 2 cm of dough with out filling (brush this part with water). Roll each into a log. Place strudels onto greased tin. Cover with clean cloth and let it rest in a warm spot (20+ minutes).
Preheat oven to 180*C; brush strudels with beaten egg and bake for 40-45 min.
Slightly cool before cutting.
Keep well frozen.




Slavonska štrudla sa makom / orasima

Recept moje strine (Slavonka)

Potrebno:
Tijesto-
500 gr brasna
1,5 k instant kvasca(ili svjezi)
100 gr secera
150 gr maslaca, otopljenog
4 jajeta, srednje velicine, umucena
100 ml mlijeka, toplog
ribana korica 1/2 limuna
Fil-
-Mak:
250 gr maka, mljevenog
150 gr secera
50 gr grozdjica
200 ml kljucalog mlijeka
- Orasi:
250 gr mljevenih orasa
150 gr secera
50 gr maslaca
1-2 K vanilinog secera
150 ml kljucalog mlijeka
jos-
1 jaje, umuceno - za premazivanje
Nacin:
Aktivirajte kvasac, pa umijesite tijesto od sastojaka. Ostavite na toplom mjestu (pokriveno) da naraste.
Pripremite fil- U 2 razlicite posude stavite suhe sastojke (za mak i za orase); prelijte kljucalim mlijekom i ostavite prohladiti.
Kada je tijesto spremno, pobrasnite stolnjak pa razvaljajte veliki pravougaonik. podijelite ga na 2 dijela i svaki filujte. Ostavite 2 cm pri kraju tijesta nenamazane; samo vodom premazite. Smjestite na nauljen pleh, pokrijte i ostavite na toplome 20 min+.
Ukljucite rernu na 180*C. Premazite strudle umucenim jajeto pa pecite 40-45 min.
Malo prohladite prije reznja.
Dobro se ocuvaju u zamrzivacu.