Apple-Amaretti Strudel

Name: Apple-Amaretti Strudel
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 10–12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: icing sugar; 5 large Cox’s or Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced thinly; 50 g (2 oz) almonds, chopped finely; 3 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced thinly; grated zest and juice of one lemon; 50 g (2 oz) fine dry breadcrumbs; 8 amaretti biscuits, crushed finely; 175 g (6 oz) unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 75 g (3 oz) soft dark brown sugar; 40 (1½ oz) raisins; 14 filo sheets; 2 tablespoons brandy

Preparation info

Serves
10–12

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

With the recent availability of filo leaves, strudels can easily be made at home. Combining cooking and eating apples for flavour and texture and adding some amaretti bisucits makes a devastatingly good strudel. It is an inspired dinner party dessert and sure to dazzle your guests.

Ingredients

40 (1½ oz) raisins
2 tablespoons brandy
75

Americas
United States
Vegetarian
Baking
Pie

Method

Preheat the oven. Soak the raisins in the brandy for at least 15 minutes. Mix the sugar with the cinnamon and lemon zest. Put the apple slices in a bowl and toss them with the sugar mixture and half the breadcrumbs; then mix in the raisins, brandy, nuts and lemon juice.

Carefully unfold the filo leaves but keep them covered with a plastic sheet or damp tea towel while you work. Lift off