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Apple strudel puff pastry with the end cut of showing the apple and sultana filling
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Apple Strudel with Puff Pastry

How to make an easy apple strudel with puff pastry.
A take on the German traditional apfelstrudel this super quick puff pastry dessert is packed full of apple, sultana's, cinnamon and sugar!
This apple and puff pastry strudel is best served with custard or ice cream.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time40 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Austrian, German
Keyword: Apfelstrudel, Apple and Puff Pastry, apple and puff pastry recipes uk, apple and sultana strudel, apple puff pastry srudel, Easy Strudel, Puff Pastry Dessert, Puff Pastry Strudel
Yield: 6 Servings
Calories: 606kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Ingredients

  • 500 gram Puff Pastry Block
  • 3 Apples peeled cored and diced
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoon White Sugar Granulated or Caster
  • 4 tablespoon Sultanas
  • 3 tablespoon Breadcrumbs
  • 3 tablespoon Light Brown Soft Sugar
  • 1 Egg whisked

Instructions

  • Peel and chop apple into small cubes, place in a bowl.
    Preheat oven to 200°C / 180°C fan / 400°F / Gas mark 6
    3 Apples
    Cutting apple by hand into cubes on a blue chopping board and a white bowl filled with chopped up apple
  • Add white sugar and cinnamon to apple
    2 tablespoon White Sugar, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
    Chopped up apple in a white bowl coated with white sugar and cinnamon being sprinkled over the top
  • Add sultanas (optional) mix all together.
    4 tablespoon Sultanas
    Sultanas being poured over the top of the chopped apple coated in sugar and cinnamon in a white bowl
  • In a seperate bowl mix breadcrumbs with light brown soft sugar.
    3 tablespoon Breadcrumbs, 3 tablespoon Light Brown Soft Sugar
    Light brown sugar and bread crumbs being poured over the sugar in a white bowl
  • Roll out puff pastry into a large rectangle on top of baking parchement.
    500 gram Puff Pastry Block
    Rolling out puff pastry by hands with a wooden rolling pin
  • Sprinkle the breadcrumb and brown sugar mix on the pastry keeping 1 inch edge free all the way around.
    Sprinkling sugar and bread crumb mix over a puff pastry sheet by hand
  • Put the apple mixture, in a long line covering ⅓ area on top of the breadcrumb and sugar mix.
    Placing chopped apple with sultans coated in cinnamon onto the breadcrumb mix on the puff pastry sheet
  • Fold the side closest to the apple mix over the top.
    Rolling the puff pastry sheet over the chopped apple by hands using a sheet of parchment paper
  • Tuck the pastry over and under.
    Rolling the puff pastry over the apple filling by hands to form a large parcel
  • Continue to roll into a long sausage shape.
    Rolling the puff pastry over the apple filling by hands to form the apple strudel
  • Coat the last inch of pastry with whisked egg then roll into the seam.
    1 Egg
    Brushing egg wash on the edge of the puff pastry with a wooden brush by hand
  • Fold the edges up from the bottom, coat with egg and fold the top flap down to seal. Repeat on other side.
    Brushing the ends of the puff pastry parcel with egg wash
  • Score the top of pastry with a knife. We cut equal-sized diagonal lines which helps when cutting portions later.
    Scoring the top of apple strudel puff pastry with a silver knife
  • Coat expose pastry with whisked egg
    Brushing the apple strudel puff pastry with egg wash
  • Bake in preheated oven 200°C / 180°C fan / 400°F / Gas mark 6 for 25 minutes
    Placing the apple strudel into the oven which is on a baking tray lined with brown parchment paper
  • Cover with foil to prevent top from burning, continue to cook for additional 10 to 15 minutes.
    Apple strudel on a baking tray with a foil sheet over the top being placed into the oven by hand with a orange oven glove
  • Remove from the oven, cool slightly on a wire rack.
    Cooked apple strudel on a baking tray lined with brown parchment paper being held by hand with a orange oven glove on
  • Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.
    Sprinkling icing sugar over the top of the apple strudel which is on a black wire rack
  • Slice & serve with ice cream or custard.
    Apple strudel served on a wooden board with vanilla ice cream and the apple strudel in the background

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Nutrition

Calories: 606kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 258mg | Potassium: 252mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 91IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 3mg