Intro # My cooking recipe collection has been with the Paprika Recipe Manager for quite some time. I’m a card-carrying member of the digital hoarder club, so the recipe collection has grown tremendously. The honest truth though is that I only cook a tiny subset of this collection on a regular basis and only seldom venture beyond that comfort zone. I’m definitely not a good cook.
Today I’m making Apfelstrudel again. It is one of the few desserts I know how to make and my family likes it. I’m not making my own dough. That is way beyond my capabilities. For a sense of how skilled you have to be to pull off authentic strudel dough, watch this delightful documentary:
I’m instead using puff pastry from Whole Foods:
Dough by Richard Bertinet Like many others I picked up bread making during the pandemic lockdown. It turned out to be a fun activity. I eventually landed on Richard Bertinet’s youtube video explaining dough handling.
With a little practice I got it going the way he suggests and I use his method ever since.