Apple strudel with nuts, raisins and cinnamon
4 servings
110 minutes
Apple strudel with nuts, raisins, and cinnamon is a true masterpiece of European cuisine that originated in Austria. This dessert features thin, crispy dough wrapped around a juicy apple filling infused with cinnamon, sweet raisins, and delicate nuts. The exquisite combination of flavors creates a harmony of sweetness and the light tartness of apples, giving the dessert a pleasant richness. It is perfect for a cozy family tea time or a festive evening when complemented with vanilla sauce or a scoop of ice cream. Making strudel requires patience and skill, but the result always impresses with its aroma and taste, filling the home with warmth and an atmosphere of comfort.
1
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees.
2
Sift the flour and make a well in it.
- Wheat flour: 250 g
3
Pour 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and 100 ml of warm water, add an egg, a pinch of salt, and knead the dough.
- Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons
- Milk: 2 tablespoons
- Chicken egg: 1 piece
- Sea salt: pinch
4
Divide the dough into two parts. Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil to one part, combine it with the second part, and knead again.
- Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons
5
Roll a ball, press it with your hand, and drizzle with the remaining oil. Cover with a bowl and let it sit for half an hour.
- Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons
6
Remove the core with seeds from the apples, slice them thinly, and sprinkle with lemon juice.
- Yellow apples: 8 pieces
- Lemon juice: to taste
7
Chop the almonds with a knife or in a blender.
- Nuts: 70 g
8
Pour boiling water over the raisins.
- Raisins: 80 g
9
Sprinkle flour on a large cotton towel and roll out the dough as thin as possible.
- Wheat flour: 250 g
10
Grease the dough with butter, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, leaving a 10 cm wide strip unsprinkled on one edge.
- Butter: 100 g
- Fine breadcrumbs: 30 g
11
Mix sugar with cinnamon.
- Sugar: 50 g
- Ground cinnamon: pinch
12
Evenly place apples, raisins, and almonds on the crackers. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, and add a few pieces of butter on top.
- Yellow apples: 8 pieces
- Raisins: 80 g
- Nuts: 70 g
- Sugar: 50 g
- Ground cinnamon: pinch
- Butter: 100 g
13
Whisk the yolk with milk using a fork and brush a strip of dough without filling.
- Egg yolk: 1 piece
- Milk: 2 tablespoons
14
Use a towel to roll the strudel into a 'sausage'.
15
Grease the baking tray with the remaining butter, sprinkle with flour, and place the strudel seam side down.
- Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons
- Wheat flour: 250 g
16
Brush the strudel with egg yolk and milk and bake for 40 minutes. During baking, brush the strudel with egg yolk and milk 2-3 more times.
- Egg yolk: 1 piece
- Milk: 2 tablespoons
