Check out the latest recipe from Ness’s blog, Mums in the Kitchen!
Ingredients
1kg apples
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins or cranberries
grated rind of 1 lemon
375g packet filo pastry, thawed
1/2 cup extra unsalted butter, melted
Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Slice the apples thinly and put into a bowl. Add breadcrumbs, 4 tbsp melted butter, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, walnuts and grated lemon rind and stir together.
On a damp towel, lay two sheets of phyllo dough, and brush with melted butter. Place another 1 to 2 sheets on top and brush with butter. Continue until you have about 6 layers.
Put the apple mixture down the center of the pastry, leaving a 1-inch border around the outside. Fold in the short sides and then roll up.
Put strudel on a baking tray (lined with baking paper) with the seam side down. Brush with remaining melted butter. Cut slashes across diagonally across top
Bake for 30 – 40 minutes or until golden brown.
Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.
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