Streusel is a pastry crumb used to decorate pies, buns and other desserts. It can be made from flour, sugar and butter (or margarine) and has a crumbly texture.
Streusel pies are popular in many countries around the world
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In Germany they are called Streuselkuchen, in Austria Streusel-Topf, and in Switzerland Torte mit Streuseln. They can have different fillings, but are always decorated with streusel crumbs on top.
It can be assumed that streusel pies appeared as a result of the development of European cuisine. Perhaps they were created on the basis of traditional recipes, which over time were supplemented with a new element – streusel crumbs.
Let’s bake a pie with streusel crumbs ourselves
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Ingredients for the dough:
- Egg – 4 pcs;
- Sugar – 300 g;
- Vegetable oil – 150 ml;
- Kefir – 300 ml;
- Flour – 400 g;
- Baking powder – 2 tsp;
- Vanillin – 1 tsp;
- Jam.
Ingredients for streusel crumbs:
- Butter – 15 g;
- Flour – 25 g;
- Sugar – 25 g.
Cooking the cake:
In a bowl with eggs pour sugar, pour in vegetable oil and mix thoroughly. Add kefir to the egg mixture, continue mixing.
Sift ½ of the flour into the egg mixture, add vanillin and leavening agent. Knead a thick dough, continue to add the rest of the flour.
Divide the dough into two equal parts. Place parchment in a baking dish, pour one part of the dough. On top of the dough put jam all over the surface.
Fill the jam layer with the rest of the dough.
For the crumble, mix sugar with flour and butter.
Sprinkle the top of the dough with streusel crumble, bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
You get a puffy sweet pie with jam.
Such a cake can be served at any holiday for tea.
