Description
Easy Apple Strudel
Ingredients
Scale
- Strudel dough:
- 1 stick plus 1 tablespoon (130g) butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup (100g) confectioner’s sugar
- zest of 1/2 lemon
- 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla sugar or granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) cream or milk
- 2 cups (200g) flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- Strudel filling:
- 4–5 tart apples
- 1/2 cup (30g) bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons (50g) butter
- 1/4 cup (30g) raisins
- 3 tablespoons (25g) pine nuts
- 3 tablespoons (25g) finely chopped almonds
- 2 tablespoons rum or grappa
- 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla sugar or 2 teaspoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- zest of 1/2 lemon
- To finish:
- 1 beaten egg for egg wash
- confectioner’s sugar
Instructions
- For the dough:
- Using an electric mixer, cream the butter, confectioner’s sugar, lemon zest and vanilla sugar.
- Add the egg, the cream or milk, flour, baking powder and salt and continue to mix until the dough is formed into a single ball.
- Wrap in plastic wrap, to keep moist, and allow to rest in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
- Filling:
- Peel the apples, remove the core and chop into pieces.
- Slowly toast the breadcrumbs in a pan, then add the butter and brown.
- Allow to cool briefly, then mix the breadcrumbs with the apples, raisins, pine nuts, almonds, rum or grappa, vanilla sugar, cinnamon and lemon zest.
- To finish:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
- Roll the dough out on a pastry board into a 16 x 12 inch rectangle, optionally cutting two thin strips of dough along the longer sides for decoration, and putting these aside.
- Place the dough on a greased baking sheet, or one covered with parchment paper. Top the dough with a 3” wide strip of strudel filling – you want to leave enough dough uncovered to completely encase the filling – and close the remaining dough over the strudel. Carefully roll the strudel over so the seam where the ends of the dough meet is on the bottom.
- Brush the strudel with beaten egg, decorate with the remaining strips of dough if you wish, and bake until a light golden brown, about 40 minutes. Allow to cool.
- Sprinkle the strudel with confectioner’s sugar, cut into slices, and serve with whipped cream, or ice cream, or a drizzle of grappa.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 30 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins