Apple Strudel

Name: Apple Strudel
Cuisine: Austria
Ingredients: 2 tbsp white breadcrumbs; 85g/3oz melted butter; 8 sheets filo pastry; 40g/1½oz walnuts, finely chopped; 1 tsp grated lemon rind; ½ tsp cinnamon; 40g/1½oz sultanas; 450g/1lb of cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into thin slices; 55g/2oz caster sugar

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1998

About

You will find this famous national dish in every cake shop and cafe in Austria and Germany, not to mention Soho. Don’t be frightened by the filo pastry, it is quite easy to manage as long as you keep it moist. I prefer to use Bramley apples for strudel.

Ingredients

450g/1lb of cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into thin slices
55g/2</

Europe
Austria
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

In a mixing bowl, combine apples, caster sugar, cinnamon, sultanas, walnuts and lemon rind. Keep the filo pastry covered with a damp cloth to prevent it drying out. Lay a sheet of filo pastry on a damp cloth, brush with melted butter and cover with a thin layer of breadcrumbs. Put another sheet of filo pastry on top and repeat the process. Arrange a 2.5