Strudel

An apple strudel
Origin
Place of origin	Austria
Details
Type	Pastry
Main ingredient(s)	Puff pastry

A strudel (/ˈstruːdəl/, German: [ˈʃtʁuːdəl]) is a type of layered pastry with a — most often sweet — filling inside, often served with cream. It became well known and gained popularity in the 18th century through the Habsburg Empire.

Strudel is most often associated with Austrian cuisine but is also a traditional pastry in the whole area formerly belonging to the Austro-Hungarian empire.

The oldest Strudel recipe (a Millirahmstrudel) is from 1696, a handwritten recipe at the Viennese City Library, Wiener Stadtbibliothek. The pastry has its origins in the similar Near Eastern pastries (see baklava and Turkish cuisine).^[1]

Etymology[link]

Strudel is a loanword in English from German.^[2] The word itself derives from the German word Strudel, which in Middle High German literally means "whirlpool" or "eddy".^[3][4]

In Hungary it is known as rétes, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia as štrudla or savijača, in Slovenia as štrudelj or zavitek, in the Czech Republic as závin or štrúdl,^[5] in Romania as ștrudel, and in Slovakia as štrúdľa or závin.

The pastry[link]

The best-known kinds of strudel are Apfelstrudel (German for apple strudel) and Topfenstrudel (with sweet soft quark cheese, in German Topfen cheese), followed by the Millirahmstrudel (Milk-cream strudel, Milchrahmstrudel). In Slovenia, cottage cheese is used instead of quark.^[6] Other strudel types include sour cherry (Weichselstrudel), sweet cherry, nut filled (Nussstrudel), Apricot Strudel, Plum Strudel and poppy seed strudel (Mohnstrudel) or raisins.^[7] There are also savoury strudels incorporating spinach, cabbage, pumpkin, and sauerkraut,^[8] and versions containing meat fillings like the (Lungenstrudel) or (Fleischstrudel).

Traditional Austrian Strudel pastry is different from strudels served in other parts of the world that are often made from puff pastry. The traditional Strudel pastry dough is very elastic. It is made^[9] from flour with a high gluten content, egg, water, and butter with no sugar added. The dough is worked vigorously, rested, and then rolled out and stretched by hand very thinly with the help of a clean linen tea towel^[10] or kitchen paper^[11]. Pertaining to anecdotes, purists say, it should be so thin that a newspaper can be read through it. A legend has it that the Austrian Emperor's perfectionist cook decreed that it should be possible to read a love letter through it. The thin dough is still laid out on a tea towel, and the filling is spread on it. The dough with the filling on top is rolled up carefully with the help of the tea towel and baked in the oven.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Friederich Kunz: Die Strudelfamilie - eine Wiener Mehlspeisendynastie mit orientalisch-europäischem Stammbaum, in "backwaren aktuell", 2/11

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Personal life[link]

Loick is from Harrow, North West London, and went to school at Hatch End High School in Harrow. He studied vocals at The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. His mother is Nigerian

and his father is Ghanaian.[3]

Career[link]

Essien began his musical career in 2007 when he sang the chorus on Bashy's controversial track, "Black Boys". Essien was uncredited on the track, however. His next appearance was in 2008 when he appeared on rapper Chipmunk's debut single "Beast". The single, released on 8 October 2008,^[4] debuted at number 181 in the UK Singles Chart^[5] and later appeared on the album I Am Chipmunk. Essien also featured on artist Bashy's lead single from his upcoming second album, "When the Sky Falls". The single, which was released independently on 12 March 2010,^[6] debuted at number 114 in the United Kingdom. On 12 October 2010, Essien released his debut solo single "Love Drunk" in the United Kingdom through Sony Music, where it debuted at number 56 in the UK chart. It was then confirmed in February 2011 that Essien would release his debut album, entitled Identity later that year.^[7] The second single to be released from the album, entitled "Stuttering" was released on 6 February 2011 and featured rap group N-Dubz, although only Dappy and Fazer appeared in the single's accompanying music video. The single marked Essien's top 40 debut, when it charted at number 36 on the UK Singles Chart.^[8]

Essien released his third single "How We Roll" featuring singer Tanya Lacey on 3 July 2011. It entered at number two in the UK Singles Chart to become his biggest hit to date. It sold 52,010 copies in its first week. His fourth single from forthcoming album Identity called "Me Without You" was released on 6 November 2011 it debuted and peaked at number 14. On 3 October 2011, he appeared as a guest on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Later in 2012 Essien was dropped from Sony Music Entertainment.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

As featured artist[link]

Guest appearances[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

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