Apple (Apfel) Strudel
Apple (Apfel) Strudel

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, apple (apfel) strudel. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Apple (Apfel) Strudel is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Apple (Apfel) Strudel is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Apple Strudel is much easier to make from scratch than you think! This traditional Apfelstrudel has a flaky crust and is filled with juicy spiced apples. Learn to make an authentic German Apple Strudel.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook apple (apfel) strudel using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Apple (Apfel) Strudel:
  1. Make ready 1 1/2 LB Granny Smith apples
  2. Take Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
  3. Take 3 oz Demerara or golden caster sugar
  4. Take 3 oz sultanas or golden raisins
  5. Take 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  6. Take 4 oz butter
  7. Get 2 oz breadcrumbs
  8. Get 8 sheets filo pastry
  9. Take Icing sugar, for dusting

But its popularity extends throughout the former empire and into Germany as well. Apple Strudel ("Apfelstrudel") is a typical and beloved Austrian dessert. This is my granny's recipe - and I've never had any better tasting Apple Strudel. This apple strudel recipe is very simple to make, yummy and best of all, inexpensive.

Instructions to make Apple (Apfel) Strudel:
  1. Preheat oven, 190c / 170c fan/ gas 5
  2. Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper or baking parchment
  3. Core, quarter and slice the Apple's, you can peel them or not, your choice,add the lemon zest and juice, cinnamon, sugar and sultanas or raisins, stir together.
  4. In a frying pan melt 1 oz butter, add breadcrumbs and fry gently until golden brown, put to one side.
  5. In another pan gently melt rest of butter.
  6. Place 1 sheet of filo on a clean dry tea towel (keep the rest under a damp tea towel so they Don't dry out) brush with melted butter, place another sheet overlapping the first by half, brush with melted butter, carry on adding sheets, alternating, and brushing with melted butter until all sheets are used.
  7. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over filo.
  8. Place Apple mixture in a pile along the length of the pastry, about 1 inch from edge. Using the tea towel, roll the pastry up to enclose the filling (like a Swiss roll), tuck the ends underneath and place on the baking sheet with the seam underneath. You can shape into a horseshoe or leave 'long' Brush with remaining melted butter.
  9. Place in centre of oven for 40 -45 minutes until golden brown and crisp, allow to cool, then dust with icing sugar.
  10. Cut into slices and serve. I like mine with decent vanila ice cream but cream or custard works too, your choice.
  11. Option. You can add 2 oz chopped almonds at step 8

Although the classic strudel recipe uses apples, it can be made with various fillings - such as cherries, apricots, or even peaches - and can. Apple strudel is synonymous with Germany, but there are many variations in other countries (such as Austria). My mother's roots are from Bavaria, and so I wanted to create the Apfel Strudel of my. Making a great strudel dough requires some practise, so don't give up if your first Apfelstrudel doesn't look as good.. Mix the apples with the cinnamon, lemon zest and juice, sugar and raisins.

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