Apple Strudel

5.00 (27)
⏱ 65 mins 🍽 2 strudels, 16 serving(s) 🏷 Dessert

This dessert features a sweet and spiced filling of sliced tart apples, raisins, and ground almonds, all wrapped in layers of buttered phyllo pastry. The strudel is assembled with toasted breadcrumbs for texture, then baked until golden and crisp. The recipe yields two strudels, perfect for sharing.

Apple Strudel

Ingredients

  • 6 cups apples, tart, sliced
  • 3/4 cup raisins
  • 1 lemon, rind of, grated
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup almonds, ground
  • 8 ounces phyllo pastry, 1/2 box, thawed (also called Filo Pastry)
  • 1 3/4 cups butter, melted (no margarine)
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs, finely crushed

Method

  1. Combine the sliced apples, raisins, grated lemon rind, sugar, cinnamon, and ground almonds in a bowl, then set this mixture aside.
  2. Lay a single sheet of phyllo pastry on a clean kitchen towel and brush it generously with some of the melted butter.
  3. Position a second phyllo sheet directly on top of the first and brush this layer with more melted butter.
  4. Continue layering and buttering the phyllo sheets until you have used five sheets in total, using approximately 1/2 cup of the butter.
  5. In a pan, cook the breadcrumbs with 1/4 cup of the melted butter, stirring until they turn a light golden brown.
  6. Scatter about 3/4 cup of the toasted breadcrumbs evenly over the stacked phyllo leaves.
  7. Spoon half of the apple filling into a strip about 3 inches wide along one of the shorter edges of the pastry, ensuring you leave a 2-inch border clear.
  8. Use the towel to help you lift and roll the layered pastry over the filling, rolling it up tightly like a jelly roll.
  9. Brush the top of the rolled strudel with more melted butter and sprinkle it with 2 tablespoons of the remaining breadcrumbs.
  10. Follow the same process from step 2 to create a second strudel with the remaining ingredients.
  11. Bake both strudels in an oven preheated to 400°F for 20 to 25 minutes, or until they are nicely browned.
  12. Note that frozen phyllo pastry sheets for making strudel are typically available in the frozen food aisles of most supermarkets.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium491400 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDessert
Authortruebrit