On my recent honeymoon to Europe, I stopped by in the rather sleepy city of Vienna where I managed to sample one of the country’s great food icons, the apple strudel.
Anyone going to Schönbrunn Palace should stop by the Cafe and Restaurant Residenz, where they can try the awesome apple strudel there. I’ve never really liked apple desserts before, but one mouthful of this and you will be totally sold.
The great thing about this place is that they sort of have a package thing going on with the Palace, where you can get a ticket to the palace, a slice of strudel as well attend one of their Strudel shows, where they actually show you how they make it, as well as give you a recipe to take home and try.
Well, guess what I did when I got home.
My wife and I actually decided to give the recipe a shot, and we actually got some pretty good results for our first try. What we did find though, is that there is way too much filling in the recipe compared to the dough, even though we strectched it as much as possible (it was so thin you could ‘read a newspaper though it’ as they said in the show).
Our pastry didn’t end up as fluffy as the Imperial Bakery back in Vienna, but the filling was pretty much spot on. Recipe below for those that want to give it a try.
