Sausage Breakfast Strudel
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This rich, savory breakfast strudel will serve 8. The dough and most of the ingredients can be prepared the night before.
Ingredients
  • DOUGH:
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup cold butter
  • ⅔ cup very cold water
  • FILLING:
  • 1 cup grated cheese of your choice (more to taste)
  • 2 pounds breakfast sausage, browned and pressed firmly between paper towels to remove grease.
  • 6 - 8 eggs, loosely scrambled (they will continue to cook in the oven)
  • ½ cup sliced green onions
  • 5 slices provolone cheese
  • ASSEMBLY:
  • ¼ cup melted butter
Instructions
  1. DOUGH:
  2. Cut 1 cup cold butter into pieces approximately 1-inch square.
  3. Place flour on work surface, stir in the salt, and drop the butter onto the flour.
  4. With a bench scraper or metal spatula, chop the butter and flour together until combined. Don't overwork the mixture - you want to see chunks of butter larger than peas.
  5. Begin drizzling the water over the mixture with one hand, while flipping and tossing it with the other. Again, don't over do it! It should be a crumbly mess at this point.Use your metal utensil to form the dough into a rough rectangle about 5"x 8".
  6. Roll out dough to approximately 6"x10", using the metal scraper to form straight edges. Keeping the short edge facing you, Flip the bottom edge up to the middle (it will be crumbly...just do the best you can) and the the top edge down to the bottom. This will create three equal sized layers. Give the dough a turn to the left, lightly flouring the surface if necessary to keep it from sticking, and repeat. Repeat 3 more times. Wrap snugly in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Make the filling while the dough chills, OR at this point you can leave the dough in the refrigerator until the next day if you prefer.
  7. ASSEMBLY:
  8. Heat oven to 400 F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  9. Remove dough from refrigerator. Using the previous instructions, roll and fold two more times. (If you made the dough the day before, let the dough come to room temperature for 15 minutes first.)
  10. On a floured surface, roll dough as thinly as possible. Aim for 15"x18", with the short side facing you. Don't worry if your measurements aren't exact, but do make sure there's enough flour under the dough to keep it movable.
  11. Drizzle dough with half of the melted butter, spreading lightly with fingers or soft pastry brush.
  12. Beginning 3 inches inside the short edge facing you, and leaving 1 inch bare on either side, sprinkle the grated cheese from across the dough in a wide line.
  13. Cover the cheese in this order: sausage, scrambled eggs, green onions, slices of Provolone.
  14. Using a bench scraper or long metal spatula, lift the edge of dough facing you up and over the filling, as far as possible, and roll to the end.
  15. Pinch both ends and tuck under, pinching again. Carefully lift or slide onto parchment covered baking sheet, with seam side down.
  16. Coat with remaining melted butter and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until strudel is rich golden brown. Allow the strudel to cool for a few minutes before cutting it.
Recipe by The Rowdy Baker at http://www.therowdybaker.com/?p=4751