Name: Apple Strudel recipe by BetterButter Editorial at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 packet store-bought phyllo / filo pastry; 1/2 cup butter, divided; 1/4 cup digestive biscuit crumbs; 1/3 cup toasted almonds, finely; 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, divided; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; Pinch salt; 5 large baking apples peeled, cored, cut into 1/2 inch cubes; 1/2 cup Raisins; 1/2 cup apple juice; 1 tblsp corn starch /flour; 5 teaspoons lemon juice; 1 teaspoon zest from 1 to 2 lemons

ABOUT Apple Strudel RECIPE

Apple strudel is a traditional Viennese strudel, a popular pastry in Austria and in many countries in Europe. Ofcorse you can make your own phyllo / filo pasty, but store-bought works just as well

Ingredients Serving: 8

1 packet store-bought phyllo / filo pastry
1/2 cup butter, divided
1/4 cup digestive biscuit crumbs
1/3 cup toasted almonds, finely
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, divided
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Pinch salt
5 large baking apples peeled, cored, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1/2 cup Raisins
1/2 cup apple juice
1 tblsp corn starch /flour
5 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon zest from 1 to 2 lemons

Instructions

In a bowl mix together the apple juice and corn flour. In a saucepan add the apples, raisin, sugar, salt and cinnamon and this mix and boil together till the mixture is thick and almost like a slurry
Let the mix cool and add the lemon zest and the lemon zest into it. Keep aside.
Melt butter and keep aside. Lay out one sheet of your phyllo / filo dough. Using a brush, brush with buttter. Add another sheet of phyllo and brush with butter. Repeat for 10 more sheets.
Sprinkle the final sheet with digestive biscuit crumbs. In the center of the sheet add in the apple slurry. Top with the nuts.
Now carefully roll the sheet to form a log. Slit the top of the log. Brush withe butter and sprinkle the remaining 1 tblsp sugar on top.
Bake for 45 minutes or until the tops are brown at 180 degree centigrade. Serve warm.