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Apple strudel

The national dish from Austria

Ingredients
  

Pastry
  • 210 g all purpose flour
  • 45 g oil an oil with a very mild flavor like canola oil
  • 95 g lukewarm water
  • 2 g salt
  • 1 egg
Filling
  • 1.5 kg golden apples
  • 25 g lemon juice
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 75 g sugar
  • 40 g chopped almonds
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 35 g raisins previosly soaked in rum or apple juice
Breadcrumbs
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 100 g breadcrumbs

Method
 

  1. Mix he flour, salt, water, oil and the egg.
  2. Knead the dough for 5 to 8 min, cover it wih plastic wrap and let it rest for1 hr
  3. Peel and cut the apples in thin slices.
  4. In a bowl mix the apple slices, the drained raisins, the almonds, lemon juice amd vanilla extract.
  5. In a medium low heat pan add the butter and cook the braincrumbs until they become golden.
  6. Stand the dough with a rolling pin
  7. When the dough is thin, use the back of your hands under the dough to pull it out even more,
  8. Make the dough into a shape of a rectangle and place it on a kitchen towel
  9. With a brush add some melted butter all over the top of the dough
  10. Add al the breadcrumbs and spred them evengly
  11. Add the apple mix all over the dough
  12. Fold the sides of the dough inward to lock the apples inside the dough
  13. Starting from one end lift the towel to slowly roll the strudel towards the other end.
  14. Place the strudel on a bakin sheet and brush the whole top with melted butter
  15. Bake at 375 F for 30 min. At half way of the baking time, brush some more butter on top of the strudel.
  16. Let the strudel cool down and add powder sugar on top.
  17. Enjoy!