Traditional Gottscheer Apple Strudel Recipe

My mother's family recipe for making apple strudel. I hope you enjoy!
Thank you to our good friends Mel and Lauraine Yee for filming this video in October 2014 in Walden, New York. One thing I want to mention is that when adding apples, breadcrumbs and butter to the strudel, also add cinnamon and sugar to your taste.

[@lornanaugle8756]

It's beautiful you documented your mother making this exceptional dish. I remember my mother who was born in Vienna making this but I never paid attention Tomorrow I will present her with our strudel and hopefully my 97 year old Mom will enjoy a slice of home. My husband and I went to a cooking class in Salzburg this year and we made it in a similar fashion. I will incorporate your techniques!

[@Sherrie_D]

I’ve been making strudels since I was a little girl, but her technique is fabulous! What a treasure she is!❤️

[@venusreena2532]

Absolutely the most amazing dough stretching i've ever seen

[@heatherjones3972]

Thank you so much for this. I had a friend when i was growing up who had an Eastern European Grandmother. We would come home from school (I would strategically get of the bus at her stop lol) and she would have apple strudel waiting for us almost everyday. * I had no idea at the time how lucky we were*. I thought everyone had a Grandmother at home that made homemade apple strudel almost everyday lol.

[@РинаБарго]

[@IsabelleBird]

This woman is an expert! I've watched several videos and she really knows what she is doing.

[@robertweber5642]

The young man asking all the questions, was me. My Hungarian grandma made the best strudel. I stood there asking every detail. But unfortunately that was before video cameras or iPhone videos. Same stretching of the dough, same ingredients, just amazing to watch experts do their craft. Thank you for posting, brings back fond memories

[@hansschauer3792]

This video also brought back fond memories for me. Thank you so much for sharing it! My parents were Gottscheers who immigrated to the U.S. in 1950 and my mother and grandmother both made traditional strudels. I have to admit that my mother's were better! This is pretty much the same method they both used and my niece and sister both still make strudel. I even made one once a few years ago and have the recipe for the dough my mother used. The only difference I can recall was that mom used butter instead of oil while stretching the dough and she also did not cut the rolled dough but simply curled it around into the baking pan. Also, cherry strudel was my all time favorite.

[@reniehandler2595]

Thank you for this video. My husbands grandmother, also Gottscheer, used to make strudel the same way. Wish we had a video.

[@margarethestalzer4315]

My roots will always be in Gottschee, Obermösel! :)

[@seeingimages]

Thank you to all the mothers out there. In our quiet moments, we're remembering you and all you have done for us. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🍎🍏🍐🍒

[@nellieashby9454]

What a treasure! Best technique I saw as I binged many strudel videos. My grandmother never made strudel, but I felt like I was with her again. The appliance cozies and her to fuss attitude, but at the same time well-thought out efficiency from years of experience makes me teary as I remember similar experiences with my own grandmother. How lucky you caught this on video. It is the consummate strudel making. I won't be sear hing for more strudel videos on this dive down thr rabbit hole. This is the best and jas been marked as my favorite. Thank you, again!

[@meleniaallosada4913]

It's like a real one,,she is genuine, it's in her pure heart. Have a happy life.

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

That’s exactly how my grandma did it. Just like you did. Bless you both.

[@graciamariadasilva4468]

Gracias por compartir tan noble y elegante postre!

[@shirleyshirley2858]

Love it! Thankyou! My sister and i want to make my grandma's strudel. And we could not remember. This is like hers! She also made a cabbage strudel. I really appreciate your video! Much love Shirley

[@normtrevisanutto8054]

That is one fine piece of workmanship Thank You!Very Much! for the Demonstration !!

[@marthapatriciamyers1308]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful art of making delicious and unique pastry...

[@kittmiller2212]

What a gift for all of us whose history is in Germany, and Austria and have never had a family strudel recipe. TYSM.

[@janjastruna4297]

History from Gottscher is in Slovenia. They are lived and some children lived in Gottsche - Kočevje, one of them is my aunt and have 81 years..but...she never learn gottscher sprache...

[@OneAdam12Adam]

Thank you for this! These European desserts are awesome!

[@jonathanphillips6929]

By far one of the best strudel videos....the technique is awesome.

[@katherinewinkler8847]

Wow ! My husband is German and I’ve been looking for authentic strudel recipe to make for Christmas! I’m going to attempt this ! The hardest part looks like it would be the stretching ! Also some of those photos you took would be beautiful in black and white ❤️ what a lovely keepsake this is !

[@practicallyheidi8505]

How did it work out??

[@rukirukiorg5693]

STRUDEL DOUGH Recipe of this video; 3 cups of flour (not mentioned but bread flour, high gluten flour is a must) , 1 beaten egg, 1 Tbsp warm oil, 1/4 tsp sea salt, 1 cup plus 1-2 Tbsp of Luke warm water. Mix by hand 10-15 minutes. Wrap the dough with a stretch plastic wrap and rest at least 2 hour at room temperature. OR put in a ziplock with some oil and use the dough a few hours later) when rolled pour some oil on top and start stretching the dough on the table. THE BREAD CRUMB FILLING; 1/4 cup= 55 grams butter+ 4 big Tbsp bread crumbs in the pan cooked a little APPLE FILLING; 4 pounds= 2 kilograms apples very thinly slices+ lemon juice+ cinnamon+ some sugar+ half stick 55 grams melted butter for top of the apples and the clean side of the stretched dough (OPTIONAL- some raisins) BAKE; 375F =190C for 1 hour

[@rosewhite1861]

thanks for writing it our for us.

[@yusleyquevedo7596]

Muchas gracias..🙏

[@sophielangdon]

Thank you so much for making and sharing this video - I found it very moving, so much love and care mixed with skill, you have immortalised your mother ❤ at some point I will try to emulate this… 🙏

[@paulandrews8113]

I was wondering about the cinnamon and sugar. Looking at the apples you can see it.

[@reneeanderson-xc9eg]

Dankeschön das ist ein sehr einfaches Rezept zu verstehen werde es in San Francisco gleich probieren ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@evabischoff3524]

The best video! I learned to do strudel almost exactly the same way! This strudel is perfect!

[@cindy9376]

Thank you so much for sharing a wonderful family tradition. This was truly an honor and a privilege to watch your mom create her time revered recipe. It's moments like this that are cherished for all time and I sat here awed being part of it.

[@jarmilagrlicka2008]

@@nmspain7125 ingredients are on 0.25 sec.

[@tomb5998]

I remember sitting under the table while Gramma stretched the dough out to make strudel. Thank you for sharing this as I thought I would never see it again....

[@dianaeppens4881]

This Video brings tears to my eyes. She is just beautiful.

[@doloresmalbasa6185]

This was one of the most beautiful videos I ever watched

[@williamquantick8369]

Thank You My mother passed away back in 1986 and the last time I had a Gottscheer Apple Strudel was back in the early 80's...I tired to make one but let me tell you it was nothing like your mom's! I'll keep you posted after I master this recipe! Not sure if you mom will remember the Trocher or Quantick Name?

[@stevebrawitsch8544]

+William Quantick, I spoke to my mother and father and they do remember the name. We remember you from the Gottscheer Country Club in the 60's and 70's. You were a few years older than I was. I remember your father as well, he drove us back to the city once or twice. Hope you are well and thanks for your comments. Let us know how it turns out.

[@edwardfersch6055]

My Hungarian Grandma made this exactly the same way....She also made a savory one with potatoes ( so good!). Thanks for the memories!🌷

[@thebutterman2232]

Dude points something out Master: “NO! NO!” Haha I love how she corrects him and the way she says no. Truly skillful and you are all so lucky to have her. Cherish her ! This traditional pastry is truly a masterpiece.

[@LeonGalindoStenutz]

Very interesting, my name is Leon Ubaldo...

[@AnnM223]

Now that’s authentic! Yummm

[@thriftingrandma8095]

God bless you and your family!! Thank you for bringing back memories for me of me and my grandma making apple strudel!! I wish we would have made videos of her doing this..

[@purplelavender3249]

Amazing!! A true professional! How many years has she been making strudel? How she worked with the dough was incredible! Thank you all and it was an honor to see her work! I think when she added the oil, then started to stretch her dough, was a very important technique to stretch the dough. It also added flakiness to the finished product. Now, someone in your family needs to start making streusel to keep this tradition alive.

[@РинаБарго]

Там шастав підліток онук.Можливо він прийме естафету

[@John_Weiss]

In my family, we make the dough a bit differently [I don't remember if we use egg or not]. We use melted-butter only. We put the filling along the _short side_ of the table and roll it up from the "head of the table." The strudel is shorter, but larger in diameter, and we bend it into a U-shape when putting it into the baking pan. My father learned the family recipe from his grandmother. [My grandfather had a bad knee since he was a child and so couldn't make it.] My husband has a wheat-allergy, and even if he didn't, making a strudel for just two people is kinda much. Plus, my father is _rubbish at teaching things._ The one time we tried to get him to teach us, my husband and I ended up peeling and cutting apples and never got a chance to get a feel for how to make the dough. We were able to do _some_ of the stretching, but as usual, my father didn't guide so much as barge in and do it for us. He keeps saying we should come and visit so that he can teach my niece how to make it. I think if we do, I'm intervening and preventing my father from touching a damned thing so that my niece can actually do everything and learn! My paternal grandfather, my great-uncle, and my great-grandparents were from Hohenegg, BTW. They emigrated in the mid 1920s, however; my grandfather was only 6.

[@mariajosearce1968]

Gracias por compartir tu receta familiar. Gracias por el vídeo y por vivir ese agradable momento.

[@yusleyquevedo7596]

Puedes usted, publicar la receta en Español, por favor 🙏

[@shalimar1792]

OMG she made almost a tanle cloth with the dough..i could never do that ..great job madam....😂❤❤❤❤❤

[@jasmingerer8010]

Thank you so much for creating and posting this! My Bavarian grandmother used to bake strudel but passed away before I could get her recipe. I remember watching her make it and seeing this video brought back great memories. Looking forward to following your mom's recipe! DANKE!

[@dr.mattcabot4126]

Your mother is a gem, Steve! This is so impressive. Thanks for helping to preserve our Gottscheer traditions.

[@janjastruna4297]

Im from Kočevje...Gottsche....😀

[@ullas1527]

The real way to make Apfelstrudel. So did my mother and my grandmother. Thank you so much.

[@tjk6277]

Thanks for sharing . I remember watching my grandma making apple strudel in the kitchen in the old Slovenian neighborhood as a youngster. Mmmmmm, the aroma as it baked was amazing and the taste was incredible. I’d love to try this one day.

[@rowdeo8968]

Do not speed it up!!!!! I enjoy the slow methodical way things are made. I make my own phyllo dough being Greek so this would be easy for me. Kneading is not intimidating it is a zen experience try it. I am about to peel bags of apples thinking about what I want to make!!!!! I already made a peach pie today and yesterday a strawberry gluten pie for my son and I made egg noodles gluten free for the same son Have to roll them out. I only cook in the fall winter and spring. The breadcrumbs absorb the juices from the apples. My mom had a wonderful friend who survived the concentration campand oh my Goodness she could bake like a chef. She made so many incredible Jewish pastries. I would love visiting her. She is long gone now but I think he influenced me so much. She made me love baking. Queens NY. Mrs. Fabian. What a wonderful woman. This woman does it correctly!!!! wow she had the paper thin thing down !!!!!!! some use puff pastry an phyllo dough not the same.

[@jarmilagrlicka2008]

WOW! I have seen many videos on how to make a strudel,but i never have seen something like this....true culinary art👏👍👌🤗

[@louisebb4183]

When I was watching this it brought tears to my eyes as I was picturing my mother at the table doing the same thing when I was kid 👍thank you,reading the comments it was speciality all over Europe .

[@lucassobroza3154]

Such a fantastic and beautiful video! Brought tears to my eyes! Greetings from Brazil, and God blesses uppon you!

[@BrokerBarbara119]

My Grandmother immigrated from Gottscheer and as a young girl I would help her make strudel. Thank you for sharing.

[@Schneeeulenwetter]

BrokerBarbera are you able to speak German? (it’s always a pity to me when a family part is not able to speak a lang that a whole part of the family used to speak. it makes me really sad)

[@jahnscott98]

Your Mother is a surgeon with that dough!!! Bravo 👏🏾 Thank you for sharing

[@rubioalejo]

Master!!!

[@Ninasim123]

thanks for sharing your family recipe! I followed it! Right now the dough is resting! I simply loved the vídeo!

[@princeanon]

Thanks for the video. The method is a bit like making Baklava in my country.

[@lindareule5761]

Thank you for sharing your apple strudel recipe. We are watching from Palos Hills, Illinois - This is Stefan's cousin Rosina Reinhofer Reule. It brings back memories. My mother made it similar.

[@nick22Z]

Many thanks for the video! Just made my first strudel inspired by this receipt :)

[@rpatel7941]

Wow the skill...I loved it so much had to watch it again straight afterwards. Shes amazing....that's a true chef! God bless you. ♥️♥️♥️

[@mariadelourdeslanzellotti4208]

I didn't enjoy, I LOVED IT. What an artist is your mother and what a love she has to her family! You are God blessed!

[@Manulalitas1508]

It looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing your family recipes! I love to see the experienced people sharing their traditional recipes. I will try to make it although I know I should try it more than one times.

[@karmelicanke]

Only one thing missing, showing a sliced portion in order to admire the result, inside and out.

[@nancylitton390]

Thank you so much. Watching your Mom brought back wonder memories of my Grandmother,doing the same thing. No one believed me about all the work that went into it. You just proved it! Thank you again.

[@Schneeeulenwetter]

this was such a nice video! could your mom give all the measurements in Celsius and Gramm, if she happens to know them by heart by any chance (might be less acurate, if i just convert them by google)

[@Gesundheit888]

These women still know how to bake and cook from scratch. That does not mean open several cans, it meant from scratch! That was German tradition!

[@freesiapetals2882]

Thank you so much for sharing your mom's skills with us. Growing up in Berlin, we went to the bakery every morning before going to class. My favorite pastry was the Apfelstrudel. My father in law wants some sweet pastries and I decided to learn how to make this specific strudel. This will be on the 2020 Thanksgiving Menu. It's time to introduce my American family to some Austrian goodness 😋.

[@erezzrian3008]

Really amazing, I enjoyed every minute of it. Is the recipe sugar-free and cinnamon-free?

[@selenen.truong392]

I had a chance to have the strudel and was inspired to understand how it is made. It’s such a beautiful art. Thank you very much for your sharing.

[@Gootchslayer]

Bringing me back to my childhood in Walden, in The Gottscheer country club . My Oma would make this often. I still remember the taste. Even if I haven't had her strudel in close to 30 years. I'm pretty sure I recognize the woman in the video too.

[@pedlpower]

Thank you so much for this! It almost made me cry! This is just like my Grandmother did it. Mom's parents were Gottscheer. I hope to get to the festival this year.

[@margarethestalzer4315]

My grandfather also was a Gottscheer (Obermösel)!

[@NYandAZ]

That was masterfully done. Wow. The way that she stretched the dough out to make it larger than the table, not ripping it, and having it paper thin and beautiful. You’re very lucky to have such a beautiful woman as your teacher. She really enjoyed making it and was smiling throughout. I’m happy for your family that you not only have the written recipe but also pictures to go along with it. It will be a cherished tradition passed down through the family. I’m wondering what size of table she used and what was the cloth that she used underneath the dough. Was it a sheet? I hope someone knows the answer to these two questions. I know this was done 7-8 years ago but I am try to make a true strudel for Thanksgiving. So many people have such different recipes and use too many ingredients that no longer make it a real traditional Apple strudel. This is the real deal. Thank you for sharing this beautiful process with us!! ❤🎉🫶🏼

[@NotAlrightSpider]

I’m gonna try to attempt this with my daughter this week. Our Gottscheer traditions and recipes need to be preserved.

[@practicallyheidi8505]

How did it work? I am scared to try because I think I will screw it up.

[@РинаБарго]

@@practicallyheidi8505 , спробуйте зробити чверть від того рецепту, або ніколи не дізнаєтесь про свої таланти. Дорогу долає той, хто йде

[@tommcnally9699]

Incredible and so authentic from Slovenian heritage. A true artist at work and when things are made with & received with love it tastes so much better. Thank you for sharing and I'm going to try making it tomorrow after I buy the apples today.

[@dianaeppens4881]

She is amazing, what a lovely tribute to your mother. I can't seem to stop my apples when I am cooking the strudel from releasing an abundant amount of juice. Even if I do it at the very last moment when I add my sugar. I could stand at the sink and pour out the juice from the apples. Any suggestions. Thank you for this lovely video and tribute to your mother.

[@stevebrawitsch8544]

2 suggestions: 1) Use green apples if possible 2) Put the sugar on the apples after putting them on the strudel, not before.

[@rlrett1]

@@stevebrawitsch8544 is Your father's name Stefan?

[@eileenjones5631]

I really enjoyed watching, thank you.

[@davidv.8655]

This is when KZbin is special. When it captures a technique that has been passed down and perfected over many years for future generations. Well done to you all

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Beautiful

[@Pitseolak1]

I’m completely blown away! Thank you for sharing. Your mom is a gem and a beautiful lady. :-)

[@joec7227]

My grandmother made similar and was from Gottscheer. She never used breadcrumbs. I am going to try this recipe as all I have from her is rough estimates on measurements and often my dough tears so bad! Thank you!

[@frappetgu]

Hmm .... Just like my mother, Erna Petsche (your mother's cousin) used to make.

[@margarethestalzer4315]

My roots are in Obermösel!

[@rosewhite1861]

Frank ..... and just like my mother, Leni Petsche Tomitz (your aunt) used to make. ~ cousin Rose. :)

[@mmparison]

What a feat! You captured a treasure in this video.

[@scottsnodgrass4361]

That was some very impressive dough skills! I have to try this. Thanks for the great Video!

[@mjbaz1]

Vielen, vielen dank! My Oma made pumpkin strudel with me some years ago. She told me die urgrossmutter, Resi, made many kinds of strudel. Nussstrudel, strudel with quark, strudel flecked with black pepper and lard, cabbage strudel, Milchraumstrudel, meat strudels I believe also called burek, and many others. Gottes gruesse aus New Jersey! Tschuess!

[@Schneeeulenwetter]

mbazikos1 ahh so nice that you also still know some German!!! that’s soo cool

[@margarethestalzer4315]

In Gottschee wurde auch Kartoffelstrudel mit Grammeln gemacht!

[@saritabhat3299]

beautiful ,Hats off to your mom 👏👏👏👏👏👏teaching very beautifully.Love the techniques strecthing dough .

[@ModernFarmer]

thank you for recipe

[@brankavidic3791]

Vse moje pohvale - odličen recept za štrudel ! Branka iz Kočevje

[@ericneuer8069]

I watched my grandmother Louise Hoegler and my mother Valerie ( Gotscheers) make this same strudel. I was going to pull my first solo dough this weekend. Apfel mit Kirsch. I use the ends for ausgezuegner Knelein ( sp?) Noodles with butter parsley and bread crumbs. Thanks for the great video.

[@TheJmh19]

outstanding video. it brought back many memories.

[@Les0613]

I have made your Mom’s recipe and it was gobbled up! Thank you for sharing and bless your Mom. One question I have is what are the dimensions of her table? I think my table was a little too big and had to manipulate the dough too much. Thank you.

[@NYandAZ]

I’m wondering the same question. Also what fabric did she use to cover the table and to help roll the strudel? It looks to be a sheet?? But without knowing the table dimensions, it’s also difficult to know what fabric to use.

[@ekokes5704]

Wow! That was incredible to see her stretch that dough so deftly. Beautiful. I want to try it but admit I’m a little intimidated.😅

[@marycovey4960]

My Grandma used to make strudel at least once a month and homemade noodles every week that we're paper thin. Good memories. 🎉❤

[@carlamacynski1870]

Agree with the expertise in her process! Everyone else that makes strudel on UTube is an amateur compared to this !!

[@amlaboy]

This is how my grandma used to make it when we visited her every year. It covered the whole table. Thx for sharing.

[@ingalinko581]

Amezing ! This is art of baking !!!

[@gyurterd8922]

The most amazing lady strudel. great recipe! I will do it definitely!

[@karengray8618]

NO SUGAR? PLEASE TELL ME THE SIZE OF HER TABLE USED TO STRETCH THE DOUGH PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDER RECIPE.. YOUR MOM IS A MASTER AT THIS.

[@stevebrawitsch8544]

Hi Karen size of the table is 36 inches wide and 48 inches long

[@truthisalwayswinner6794]

Steve Brawitsch what kind of flour did she used😀Danke

[@user-rk2sy8df4s]

More people like raisins if they are soaked in rum... :)

[@lindalenehan6204]

That was amazing. I can't see myself making this anytime soon. I'll stick to phyllo dough.

[@glendacrosbywilkins4246]

That was beautiful to watch..Amazing !!!!

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

Amazing! I promise to try this before I die. I hope this wonderful lady has a daughter or a grandchild to teach her technique to so that this are isn’t lost.

[@maram6607]

Svaka vam cast,pravo domace,I ja tako pravim ali ne stavljam jaje u tjesto.

[@CMEThomson]

Thank you for this video. My grandparents were Gottscheers. I remember watching my grandmother make the strudel when I was young. Sadly, no written recipe and now she has passed away. I still remember the texture and taste and have never found anything quite like it. She also had a version with cottage cheese and raisins.

[@ericneuer8069]

I have a great recipe if you need one. Almost the same as this. Cottage cheese and

[@rosewhite1861]

@@ericneuer8069 I would love to have the cottage cheese recipe. my mother used to make it - we called it pobolitza.

[@ericneuer8069]

@@rosewhite1861 I would be happy to send it to you if you like. I think that is what they may have called it as well. I have no idea how to get it to you other than post it here. If you know a way to get it I can Mail it, or fax or however.

[@oliabakes]

Great video. What type of flour is this all purpose or bread flour? What type of breadcrumbs do you use? Also how much sugar? It's amazing that she does everything by eye too. Last quest what type of flour did you dust the tablecloth with, looks yellow. Thank you.

[@stevebrawitsch8544]

Hi Olga Here are the answers I received: Heckers flour Homemade breadcrumbs Also Heckers flour on the tablecloth

[@neveumarie5239]

magnifique! la plus belle pâte que j'ai jamais vu!

[@evabischoff3524]

This is the best strudel vídeo I have seen!

[@chief2196]

Was wondering if she used Bread flour or regular?

[@parpar3]

That's almost like my mum in Austria makes her apple strudel. She mixes the bread crumbs with the apples and sprinkles some semolina on the dough to soak up the liquid from the apples during baking. You can also brush the strudel with egg wash before baking. It's important to use rather sour apples.