Apple Strudel

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 strudel, you will need:

• 1 30 g walnut kernels
• 2 100 g raisins
• 3 1 glass rum
• 4 4 apples
• 5 40 g ground almonds
• 6 40 g caster sugar
• 7 10 g Vanilla sugar
• 8 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
• 9 20 g beaten egg
• Total weight: 1,260 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	20 min.	40 min.	1 hour 35 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1:

  Prepare the strudel filling

  
  Leave 100 g raisins to soak and swell in the rum.
• 2: Peel 4 apples, remove the core and cut into small pieces.
• 3: In a bowl, mix the apples, drained raisins, 40 g ground almonds, 40 g caster sugar and 10 g Vanilla sugar.
• 4:

  Roll the strudel

  
  Spread the filling mixture over 4/5 of the puff pastry...
• 5: ...and roll up into a "sausage". Leave the end underneath to keep the roll sealed.
• 6: Glaze the roll and leave in the fridge to rest for 20 minutes.
• 7: Chop 30 g walnut kernels fairly finely.
• 8:

  Bake the strudel

  
  Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).
  Glaze again and sprinkle with the chopped walnuts.
• 9: Bake for about 40 minutes.
  Leave until just warm and serve in slices.

Remarks

Strudel is delicious served warm with chantilly cream.

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