Apple Strudel
Ingredients
- 7 1/2 oz packet frozen puff pastry defrosted
- icing sugar to sprinkle
for the filling
- 2 oz fresh white breadcrumbs
- 2 oz chopped walnuts
- 4 oz mixed dried fruit
- 2 oz caster sugar
- 1 lb cooking apples peeled, cored and sliced
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- grated rind of 1 orange
- 2 oz butter melted
Instructions
- Roll out the pastry very thinly on a lightly floured board to make an oblong shape.
- Mix the breadcrumbs, walnuts, dried fruit, sugar, apples, mixed spice and orange rind together, and spread over one end of the pastry to within 1 cm (1/2 in) of the edges.
- Brush the edges with the melted butter and roll up like a Swiss roll.
- Place on a baking tray and brush with the remainder of the butter. Bake in a moderately hot oven for 25-30 minutes or until golden.
- Dust with icing sugar, slice and serve hot with custard.
- For an authentic strudel. use phyllo instead of puff pastry. Sold frozen in delicatessens, phyllo pastry is in paper- thin sheets. Brush each sheet with melted butter and use two or three sheets thickness.
Notes
Oven temperature 200°C, 400°F, gas 6.
Calories: 732 kcal
Carbohydrates: 85 g
Protein: 9 g
Fat: 42g
Saturated Fat: 14 g
Trans Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 30 mg
Sodium: 342 mg
Potassium: 450 mg
Fiber: 8 g
Sugar: 41 g
Vitamin A: 436 IU
Vitamin C: 10 mg
Calcium: 110 mg
Iron: 3 mg