Today HozOboz has delicious Strasbourg pie recipe for you for which we’ll need the ripe blue plums. Every sweets lover will be fascinated by this masterpiece of Alsatian baking.
If to remember the historical mention of this cake, the first thing that comes to mind is in the lines of Alexander Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin": "... the Strasbourg pie imperishable." But this is not about our cake bot about a world-famous pie stuffed with meat, which was beloved by Russian nobles. And this meat pie has much more to do with a pate than usual dough. It was invented in 1782 by chef Jean-Joseph Klose and this pate still remains a delicacy in different parts of the world. Our original Strasbourg pie with plums is easier attributed to common in this region of tarts with a variety of fillings. But it differs from the classic plum tart, which is covered with plum halves all around the surface.
Sweet dishes and desserts can hardly be attributed to a really healthy food, tart is anyway better than others in this case. This is due to the use of a large number of plums and cottage cheese which are rather healthy. Plums, but the way, have a truly rich composition of vitamins and minerals. And with the content of just 38-50 calories per 100 grams, plum is a great dietary product. Antioxidants, vitamin A and beta-carotene (especially in yellow plums), vitamin B, and much more make these fruit essential in the daily diet. This Strasbourg pie with plums recipe is simple enough to be accessible for even unexperienced confectioner. But this simplicity only makes our dessert better. Its amazing taste will get one of your favorites once try it.
Ingredients for the dough:
For filling:
To start, prepare the necessary products.
In a deep bowl, mix flour, salt, sugar and softened butter.
With a fork, turn all the ingredients into crumbs.
Now, we add an egg in the dough.
Mix the egg with other ingredients and knead the dough until soft.
Cover the dish with parchment, then grease the edges with butter.
Now place the rolled dough in the dish and, with a fork , form the edges.
For the filling, combine the sugar and egg yolks.
Add some cottage cheese, sour cream and starch.
Now, it must be carefully stirred without any lumps, this can be done manually or using a blender.
Egg whites should be beaten separately and finally added to the filling.
Cooked filling should be spread in the dish with dough.
Washed plums without seeds should be spread.
Now every piece of fruit should be sugared.
Bake the pie at 400F for about 45 minutes. Before serving you may sprinkle it with powdered sugar.
Alternatives and onions of Strasbourg cake with plums
Among the most popular options of the plum cakes in Alsace, it is worth noting not only Strasbourg pie recipe we mentioned above, but also Alsatian plum tart called ‘'auxQuetsches'', which is not prepared with the usual plum but with damson, which is one of the subspecies of the usual fruit. Here go the instructions for preparation of this type of French pastries:
Ingredients: 1 package of frozen vanilla pastry, 1.3 kg of solid plums, 2 tbsp of white sugar, 2 tbsp of breadcrumbs, ground cinnamon.
HozOboz hopes that you’ll surprise you loved ones with these French recipes. Feel like in autumn Alsace and enjoy this exquisite taste. Enjoy new gastronomic experiences! Bon Appetite!