Crispy Strudel with Walnuts

Ingredients

• 400 gr flour type 400
• 1 dry yeast
• 280 gr softened butter or margarine
• 1 whole egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 60 gr sugar
• 400 gr ground walnuts
• 2 tbsp honey
• 130 gr sugar
• 200 ml hot milk
• 1 egg for glazing
• lemon zest
• a little nutmeg
• apricot jam or marmalade
• powdered sugar

Method

1. Mix flour and dry yeast.
2. Add softened butter, whole egg, egg yolk, and sugar.
3. Knead the dough and let it rest.
4. Mix ground walnuts, honey, sugar, lemon zest, and nutmeg.
5. Gradually add hot milk to the walnut mixture until it becomes thick.
6. Roll out the dough and spread it with jam or marmalade.
7. Distribute the walnut filling over the dough.
8. Roll the dough into a strudel and brush it with egg.
9. Bake at 180°C for about 40 minutes.
10. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.