Savory strudel with mortadella and cream cheese.
Simple, quick, and delicious.
The savory strudel with mortadella and cream cheese is a rustic dish with a delicious non-leavened dough and a savory filling, perfect for dinner accompanied by a salad or as an appetizer or in a buffet cut into slices. Simple and quick to prepare, it will win you over at the first bite.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 46 people
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients for the dough:
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup water (at room temperature, preferably sparkling)
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp instant yeast for savory preparations
- 2 tbsps dry white wine
- 1 1/2 tsps salt
- 10 1/2 oz stracchino (or ricotta, or robiola, or philadelphia)
- 7 oz asiago (or scamorza)
- 4 tbsps milk (you might need a bit more)
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 9 oz sliced mortadella
Tools
- 2 Bowls bowls
- 1 Rolling Pin rolling pin
- 1 Blender blender
Steps
In a bowl, put the flour and salt and mix, make a well in the center and add the wine, instant yeast, oil, and water, mix everything until a dough forms.
Transfer the dough to a work surface and knead it with your hands until you get a smooth and homogeneous dough that does not stick to your hands. Add a bit more water or flour if needed.
Let it rest for 10 minutes at room temperature or in the fridge if it’s hot.
With the Thermomix:
Put the flour, yeast, and salt in the bowl 10 sec/speed 1, add the wine, oil, and water 3 min/Dough function.
Transfer the dough to a work surface and knead it with your hands until you get a smooth and homogeneous dough that does not stick to your hands. Add a bit more water or flour if needed.
Let it rest for 10 minutes at room temperature or in the fridge if it’s hot.
Filling:
Blend the asiago.
In a bowl, mix the stracchino with 4 tablespoons of milk and a grind of pepper until you get a creamy mixture.
Add the blended asiago and mix again, add a bit more milk if needed, you should get a creamy mixture.
Let’s prepare the strudel:
After the resting time of the dough, preheat the oven to 350°F.
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin on a floured surface into a rectangle about a quarter inch thick.
Cover with the cream cheese, leaving 3/4 inch all around.
Cover the cream cheese with the mortadella, and roll up the rectangle from the long side to form a roll, close the edges well by folding them underneath, transfer the savory strudel to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper with the seams facing down.
Brush with oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Bake in a preheated oven on the lower-middle rack for about 30 minutes, until golden brown.
Remove from the oven, let it cool for 10 minutes and serve, it’s also great warm or cold.
The savory strudel with mortadella and cream cheese is ready to be enjoyed… Enjoy your meal!
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