Name: Apple strudel using homemade puff pastry sheet recipe by Dhara Shah at BetterButter
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 62 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Puff pastry dough:; 1 cup all purpose flour; 1 tbsp castor sugar; A pinch of saffron; 1 tsp grounded cinnamon; 1 tbsp Butter; 1/2 cup water; A pinch of salt; For stuffing:; 3 tbsp mix fruit jam; 2 medium sized apples chopped in cubes; 2 tbsp fresh bread crumbs; 1 tsp grounded cinnamon; 2 tbsp castor sugar; 1/2 cup roughly chopped dry fruits of your choice (I used walnuts, almonds); 1/2 cup raisins (I used black ones) soaked for 10 minutes in water; Other Ingredients:; 1/2 cup melted butter; 1 tbsp ground cinnamon and sugar mixture

ABOUT Apple strudel using homemade puff pastry sheet RECIPE

Apple strudel is a traditional Viennese strudel, a popular pastry in Austria and in many countries in Europe that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire! I have made this pastries without egg and it turned out really awesome, my kitchen was really smelling great with cinnamon fragrance! Again this have made using homemade puff pastry sheet, you don't need to get that from shops! You could serve this hot with a scoop of chilled ice cream!

Ingredients Serving: 4

Puff pastry dough:
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tbsp castor sugar
A pinch of saffron
1 tsp grounded cinnamon
1 tbsp Butter
1/2 cup water
A pinch of salt
For stuffing:
3 tbsp mix fruit jam
2 medium sized apples chopped in cubes
2 tbsp fresh bread crumbs
1 tsp grounded cinnamon
2 tbsp castor sugar
1/2 cup roughly chopped dry fruits of your choice (I used walnuts, almonds)
1/2 cup raisins (I used black ones) soaked for 10 minutes in water
Other Ingredients:
1/2 cup melted butter
1 tbsp ground cinnamon and sugar mixture

Instructions

Puff pastry sheet preparation:
First in a bowl, soak saffron with castor sugar and grounded cinnamon in water. And rest for 5 minutes.
In a mixing bowl, add all purpose flour, salt, butter and mix it well.
Pour saffron mixture into the flour and knead it well by adding required water to make a tight dough.
Wrap it into butter paper and refrigerate it for 20 minutes.
Roll it out very thin and cut big square sheets from it. Keep aside.
Stuffing preparation:
In a bowl, add dry fruits along with bread crumbs, caster sugar with ground cinnamon and mix it well. Keep aside.
Pastries preparation:
Apply the mix fruit jam on center of the sheet and place the chopped apples on it.
Sprinkle the stuffing and soaked raisins on it.
Apply the melted butter on one side of sheet and fold it inside over the apple stuffing. Fold other side as well and press gently.
Press gently on top and bottom so as to seal it properly.
Apply the butter on it and put vertical cuts on it.
Preheat the oven at 190 degree centigrade and bake this Apple Strudel for 40 minutes.
Once baked, cut them and serve it with a scoop of ice cream and enjoy this yummy dessert!

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