These are among my favorite soup/stew dishes throughout the year. My favorite desserts/pastries/cookies and breads are garlic bread, zucchini bread, apfel strudel*, apple pie, chocolate covered butter cookies, tiramisu, and Belgian mini eclairs filled with rich Bavarian custard cream dipped in dark chocolate. Music by Vivaldi in C major.  Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, impresario, and Roman Catholic priest. Born in Venice, the capital of the Venetian Republic, Vivaldi is regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers.

What is a strudel pastry?

A strudel is a type of sweet or savory layered pastry with a filling inside. The rolled version of the pastry looks like the inside of a whirlpool. Strudel is most often associated with Austrian cuisine, but is also a traditional pastry in the area formerly belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Apfel/apple strudel dough is a thin, elastic dough, consisting of many thin layers and known as "Blätterteig", the traditional preparation of which is a difficult process. The dough is kneaded by flogging, often against a tabletop. Thanks for watching.