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Ham Strudel

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 pcs egg yolks
• strudel dough (as needed)
• 250 g raw ham (finely sliced)
• butter (for brushing) (a little)
• béchamel sauce (for pouring over and serving) (as needed)

Instructions

1. Whisk the sour cream with the egg yolks, spread this mixture onto the rolled-out strudel dough, and distribute the finely sliced raw ham on top.
2. Roll up the strudel and bake in a buttered casserole dish, after also brushing the top with butter.
3. When serving, invert, pour béchamel sauce over it, and serve extra sauce on the side.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.