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Cherry Strudel

4 servings

Ingredients

• strudel dough (as needed)
• butter or cream strudel filling (a little)
• 50 g sour cherries (stemmed, pitted)
• sugar (as needed)
• butter (for brushing top) (a little)
• sugar and cinnamon (for sprinkling) (a little)

Instructions

1. Brush the rolled-out strudel dough with butter or the cream strudel filling.
2. Top with stemmed, pitted sour cherries, sprinkle generously with sugar, and roll up the strudel.
3. Place in a buttered casserole dish, brush the top with butter, and bake until nicely browned.
4. After inverting, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.