Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Apple (Apfel) Strudel

Apple (Apfel) Strudel.

You can have Apple (Apfel) Strudel using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Apple (Apfel) Strudel

1. You need 1 1/2 LB of Granny Smith apples.
2. Prepare of Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon.
3. It's 3 oz of Demerara or golden caster sugar.
4. Prepare 3 oz of sultanas or golden raisins.
5. It's 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
6. It's 4 oz of butter.
7. Prepare 2 oz of breadcrumbs.
8. You need 8 sheets of filo pastry.
9. It's of Icing sugar, for dusting.

Apple (Apfel) Strudel step by step

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.