Apple Strudel, German Style

You can find this appetizing pastry for sale in many German konditoreis, both in individual portions and in larger pieces that serve 10 to 12 people (something like buying a rectangular apple pie). German Apple Strudel is refreshing and not too filling as a luncheon dessert, served perhaps with your favorite ice cream instead of the custard sauce in warm weather. If you do not have pastry cream already made up and do not need it for anything else, you can easily substitute apricot jam. Alon