Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, apple (apfel) strudel. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Traditional Viennese Apple Strudel is made with strudel dough. A soft dough made with only a handful of ingredients that's hand- stretched into a paper-thin sheet the size of a tabletop. But many are afraid of making a strudel dough, so recipes these days often cheat by using sheets of purchased phyllo dough or puff pastry. Place apples in a large bowl.

Apple (Apfel) Strudel is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Apple (Apfel) Strudel is something which I have loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Apple (Apfel) Strudel:

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

I recently moved, so I will try the recipe with my new oven soon and will update the recipe if anything is different this time. Often, people use puff pastry or filo dough instead of a strudel dough to make apple strudel. It is faster and also, many people are worried about stretching the dough. This Apfelstrudel recipe (German Apple Strudel recipe) might sound daunting, but it's much easier than it seems and so much fun to make.

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

It is faster and also, many people are worried about stretching the dough. This Apfelstrudel recipe (German Apple Strudel recipe) might sound daunting, but it's much easier than it seems and so much fun to make. And the resulting apple strudel is a delicious, festive dessert filled with sweet, spiced apples and raisins in a flaky crust that everyone will love. This melted butter will help us glue the phyllo dough sheets together later. In a skillet, we add the butter and the sugar and let them melt together.

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