Friday 7 November 2014

Recipe: Apple Strudel (My favorite!)

Hello you lot!

Again, welcome our new readers! And welcome back our regulars! We love your comments - thanks you so much for taking the time! :-) 

I had a busy week... Only some crochet fitted in (see the pic of the fruits below) and thus I figured I should give you the recipe Michelle has been trying to get from me for some time ;-) 

What is your favorite winter/autuum treat? Mine is most certainly apple strudel. I usually get it instead of cake when we go out for coffee (and am disappointed if the strudel isn't great). But that occacional apple strudel wasn't enough for me and so I decided to make some at home. Over the years I became pretty good with it and thus I want to share my recipe with you.
 

By the way... I am lazy. Thus I am not making strudel dough myself. I buy frozen pastry sheets instead.

I wish I could share pictures with you buttt the last time I made a strudel and had my camera in reach, it (... the strudel not the camera) was eaten too fast. Oh well. I will add pics the next time I make one!


Ingredients
Pastry sheets (Puff Pastry)
6 apples
200 grams chopped almonds
2 Tablespoons of sugar
1 Tablespoon of honey
2 Teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 Teaspoon cardamom 
1-2 cups of sultanas (to your liking)

Preparation

Take the pastry out of the freezer. Preheat the oven to 175 ° C.

1. Cut three apples in pieces and cook them in hot water til they are soft (Add the sugar to the cooking water). Take them out of the water and puree them. 

2. Cut the other three apples in small pieces and mix them with the sultanas, almonds, honey and spices. Add the apple puree and mix well.  


3. Make one large piece out of the pastry sheets. Like a paper, one side should be longer than the other. The longer side is the one which will get folded over. Put the filling in the middle of the pastry (see picture!). Make sure to leave some space at each of the sides of the short side. Fold the long sides over the filling. Close the sides by folding the short sides in. Make sure there are no open spaces anywhere...

4. Bake for 30 minutes.

5. Eat with whipped cream and ice cream!


 

22 comments :

  1. oh thnaks for the recipe !!! Need to try it !! I'm so greedy .... have a lovely week end !

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    1. You certainly should try it! Apple Strudel is sooo yummy and easy to make! :-)

      Have a good week too!

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  2. Great recipe, I am a great fan of strudel. Love the crochet apple.

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    1. Thank you! :-) Strudel is one of the best treats isn't it?

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  3. Hi Anne,
    Your crochet apples and pear are fabulous-very neat and fun.
    Love strudel but alas work/craft leaves little time for baking.
    Helen

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    1. Very true! I wish I had more hands so I could bake and crochet at the same time...

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  4. I love your crocheted fruit!!

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  5. The best part about crochet fruit is that there is always something to display in the fruit bowl after all the fresh apples have been used in the apple strudel. :-) Very good work and perfectly colour matched with the real thing.

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    1. Very true! Perhaps I will make some crochet fruits for our living room too!

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  6. I love strudel, but haven't tried to cook one myself -at least not yet! ; )
    The little crochet fruits are really cute, btw...
    Hope you have a lovely weekend!

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    1. Making apple strudel is really easy really if you don't make the dough yourself :-) You should give it a try!

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  7. Oh I absolutely love Apfel Strudel! I must confess that we do eat it with English custard though! I will be trying out your recipe. Your crocheted fruit is so cute!
    Best wishes
    Alison xx

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    1. Custand isn't a big thing here in Germany but it sounds like a good combination with the strudel! Yum!

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  8. Hehe thank you thank you this is one of the best things about Germany!! I will save this for one of those days that you just need some strudl :)

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    1. :-) German Strudel is a wonderful thing indeed! And so easy to make!

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  9. I've never made apple strudel before but I've eaten it a couple of times and your recipe sure sounds more delicious! I will have to try it soon, thank you for sharing! And I love your new blog banner by the way, it looks even better than the old one. :)

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  10. *drewling over here*
    Thank you for sharing and for your nice comment in my blog.
    Have a perfect day

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  11. I love apfelstrudel, must try your recipe one day. I even had apfelstrudel crisps a while ago. Tasted weird, though .... ;-)

    https://corine24.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/supermarket/

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  12. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I love the spicy-ness of aple strudel. Jo x

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  13. Hello - thank you for popping by my blog; it's lovely to 'meet' you. I've loved looking through yours and this apple strudel recipe is definitely on my 'to do' list! What a fantastic idea to share a blog and such beautiful things you make. Wishing you a fun-filled week. x

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  14. Ich liebe Apfelstrudel, habe mich aber noch nie getraut, welchen selbst zu machen. Vielleicht ändert sich das ja mit diesem Rezept. ;)
    Liebe Grüße,
    Theresa von
    http://kuechenkindblog.blogspot.de/

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