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onginating in Northern
Germany and in the
Scandinavian counties. The
leaverning agent is fresh yeast
giving this pastry a wonderful
flavor. It is particularly suitable

for fresh or frozen fruit fillings.

Enjoy.

Strudel Pastry

600 g all-purpose flour
250 g butter (not too hard)

Palacio de Arganza
1988 $10.85 (Spain)
TOO often with wines
in this price range we
short-change ourselves;
skip the foreplay, cut
to the chase, just pop
the cork, pour it round
and get stuck in.

By the time you notice
the second or third glass is
tasting very different and a
whole lot better than the
first, it’s too late for any-
thing but regrets.

It’s been a while since
I’ve tasted a wine that
demonstrated the impor-
tance of decanting and 4
decenz interval before drink-
ing as profoundly as this
one. The first glass was inter-
esting, because, unlike even
some big pricey reservas afier
almost 10 years, it hadn’t
gone light in the loafers; still
deep red with good fruit and
tannin balance.

It seems pretentious to
say, “Still a bit closed” about
an $11 wine, but fortunately
I got busy with other things,
leaving the glass and open
bortie for an hour. Came
back to a totally different
wine: it had opened out into
a rich, almost “porty” com-
plexity that had me hunting
for a bit of nice cheese and
building up the fire for a
serious sit and sip. “Gracias”
to whoever phoned and
interrupted that first glass!

Breeding will tell, T sup-
pose; the firm has occupied
the 15th century palacio of
the Dukes of Arganza in
Leon since 1805, bur this is
a gift at the price. it’s a new
product to the LDB, so the
older vintages may be a bit
of a market-teaser; if it’s
popular and bought in bulk,
the vintages could quickly
get newer, so grab all vou
can. If it’s sokl out, vou
know who's been there
before you.

And remember, give it
some air and drink it
slogucaw,

salt to taste

150 mL warm milk

5 mL granulated sugar

100 mL fresh yeast

150 mL seur cream (room
temperature}

150 g granulated sugar

epg wash

In a medium-sized bowl
place the warm mitk, 5 ml.
sugar, MIX a litte; crumble the
yeast Into it.

Let ic ferment in a warm
place until frothy.

Ina large bowl rub togeth-

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er fleur and butter into small
pea stage.

Mix toxether sour cream
and the 150 g of sugar. Mix
well,

Add the yeast mixture to
the sour cream, Mix.

Make a well in the flour
and butter. adel the yeast and
SOUr cream mixture,

Knead until smoorh.

Let rise until it has risen by
6N%.

Punch down, roll out
abour 0.5 cm thick.

Prepare strudel roils, tilling

the pastry with your favorite
filling.

Brush with egg wash — let
nse in warn place 20 to 30
misutes,

Bake ina 1SO-C oven unol
golden brown.

Resnove trom oven. Cool,

Serve.

One batch should make
four strudels.

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1 large egg (warmed to

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2 level c. of all purpose flour
1 c. granulated supar

% c. unsalted soft butter

1 level ssp. ground cinnamon
1 tp. grated lemon peel
(only the yellow part)

1 pinch of ground cloves

6 07. of raspberry jam

Use a mixer tor this recipe.

In mixing bow! on medium
speed beat all the ingredients,
except the raspberry jam. The
consistency should be a lite
crumbly, but pliable.

Remove from bow! and
divide into wo equal halves.

Refrigerate covered for 2-3
hours.

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Neieed a pakuig pan —
about Than. be 7 in. size

Press carefully one part or
the dough inte pan. Even
thickness! Spread jam on top.

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Roll the second half of the
dough into rolls, thickness of a
hte finger. Arrang: 5 wo 6 1 t-
inch sizes and and 8 7-inch-
dices,

Arrange on top making
Nice even size squares.

Bake unui golden brown
-~ about 40 minutes.

Cool completely, then cut
Into squares or rectangles.

Dust with a litte icing,
sugar.

They are wonderful!

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