Cranberry-Apple Roll

Name: Cranberry-Apple Roll (Рулет с клюквой)
Yield: About 10 Servings
Cuisine: Russia
Ingredients: 1 egg yolk; 6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1½ cups (all-purpose) flour; ½ cup (scant) sugar; 1 cup cranberries (¼ pound); 1 tablespoon water; 2 tablespoons honey; 2 tablespoons (all-purpose) flour; Grated peel of ½ lemon; 2 large tart apples, pared, cored and finely chopped; ¼ teaspoon cinnamon; 1 egg yolk, beaten; ¾ cup butter, at room temperature

Рулет с клюквой

Preparation info

About
10
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Taste of Russia

By Darra Goldstein

Published 1983

About

Here a tender pastry crust encloses tart apples and berries in a very Russian dessert, and a lovely one.

Ingredients

Pastry

¾ cup butter, at room temperature
6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1

Europe
Russia
Dessert
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Cream together the butter and cream cheese. Beat in the egg yolk. With your hands work the flour and salt into the butter mixture until a soft dough has been formed. Shape into a ball, wrap in waxed paper and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling out.

To make the filling, place the cranberries, sugar, honey, water, lemon peel, flour and cinnamon in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a bo