I got into this obsessive desire to try making apple strudel or apfelstrudel, after my journey in Austria. Apfelstrudel is a very sinfully delicious dessert that I encountered first in Salzburg. Since then I'm browsing through the net and study it. I made a apfelstrudel and cooked perfectly based on the recipe pointed out to me. And its so easy to make, you don't have to be a professional chef to cooked this sweet pastry if you have passion on cooking.
Ingredients:Filling
5 medium size apples
150 grams granulated sugar
3 tbsp rum
150 grams raisins
1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tbsp lemons (juice and peel)
Pastry
250g plain flour
pinch of salt
225g unsalted butter
1/4 cup lukewarm water
Buttered breadcrumbs
200g unsalted butter
200g bread crumbs
Methods:
1. Knead flour, salt, butter and water into a medium-firm dough. Divide into 2 round loaves. Brush each loaf with melted butter and let sit for 1 hour.
2. Peel, core and slice apples. Mix in granulated sugar, raisins, grated lemon peel, lemon juice, rum, cinnamon; set aside.
3. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius, roast butter and bread crumbs until golden brown.
4. Place the dough and laid with clean white cloth, roll the dough with a rolling pin, then stretch rolled dough on a strudel sheet with the backs of your hands.
5. Arrange roasted buttered breadcrumbs and apple filling down the middle of the pastry lengthwise. Fold the pastry lengthwise around the mixture. Seal edges of pastry by using a bit melted butter.
6. Place strudel on a baking sheet and brush with melted butter onto top of pastry. Bake strudel for 60 minutes in a 200 to 220 degrees celsius until golden brown. Cool and sprinkle with caster sugar, sliced and serve with whipped cream and vanilla ice cream.
