strudel
/ˈstruːd(ə)l
/ /ˈʃtruːd(ə)l/noun
A dessert of thin pastry rolled up round a fruit filling and baked: [with modifier]: apple strudel...
- The strudels of thin pastry enriched with fat are sweet in Central Europe, and sweet or savoury by the time they reach the Balkans.
- Roll the strudel upon itself, like you would a jelly-roll, starting on a long side of the rectangle.
- At the end there are pastries and strudels of the sort that would be the toast of Vienna.
Origin
From German Strudel, literally 'whirlpool'.