Recipe details

Apple strudel

Apple strudel

Strudel de manzana

Medium

Contains allergens

Leche

Incomplete allergen information: some ingredients have not been reviewed yet. Always check the labels before cooking.

Preparation time
62 min
Servings
8

Summary

The Apfelstrudel of Vienna's coffee houses: paper-thin layers of crisp pastry wrapped around apple with cinnamon, raisins and breadcrumbs toasted in butter. Served warm, dusted with icing sugar.

Ingredients

8 servings
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  • 120 g Butter (melted)
  • 1 u Lemon (juice and zest)
  • 80 g Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon (ground)
  • 2 tablespoons Icing Sugar (for dusting)
  • 60 g Raisins (soaked in warm water or rum)
  • 6 sheets Filo Pastry
  • 60 g Breadcrumbs
  • 1 kg Cooking Apples (tart, such as Bramley or Reinette)

Instructions

  1. Toast the breadcrumbs in a frying pan with 30 g of butter, stirring, until golden. Leave to cool.

    4 min

  2. Peel and core the apples and slice them thinly. Mix with the lemon juice and zest, sugar, cinnamon and drained raisins.

    10 min

  3. Preheat the oven to 190 °C. On a clean tea towel, layer the filo sheets, brushing each one with melted butter.

    5 min

  4. Scatter the breadcrumbs over two thirds of the pastry, leaving a border, and pile the apple on top. Fold in the sides and roll up, using the tea towel to help. Transfer to a lined baking tray, seam side down, and brush with butter.

    8 min

  5. Bake until golden and crisp, brushing once more with butter halfway through.

    35 min

  6. Let it cool slightly, dust with icing sugar and slice with a serrated knife.

Notes

In Vienna the dough is stretched by hand until you can read a newspaper through it; shop-bought filo gives a very similar result much faster. The toasted breadcrumbs soak up the apple juices so the base does not go soggy. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla sauce.

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Guide indicators

Estimated difficulty35/100
Recipe completeness60/100
Nutrition reliability
High

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StorageKeeps 2 days in the fridge
Cuisine: AustrianKeeps 2 days in the fridge

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