Apfelstrudel (apple strudel)
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | cups | Apples; Tart, Sliced |
| ¾ | cup | Raisins |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lemon Rind; Grated |
| ¾ | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Cinnamon |
| ¾ | cup | Almonds; Ground |
| 8 | ounces | Fillo Leaves; 1/2 Box,Thawed |
| 1¾ | cup | Butter;(No Margarine),Melted |
| 1 | cup | Bread Crumbs; Finely Crushed |
Directions
Mix apples with raisins, lemon rind, sugar, cinnamon, and almonds. Set aside. Place 1 fillo leaf on a kitchen towel and brush witl melted butter. Place a second leaf on top and brush with butter again.
Repeat until 5 leaves have been used, using about ½ c of butter.
Cook and stir bread crumbs with ¼ c of butter until lightly browned. Sprinkle ¾ cup crumbs on the layered fillo leaves. Mound ½ of the filling in a 3-inch strip along the narrow end of the fillo, leaving a 2-inch border. Lift towel, using it to roll leaves over apples, jelly roll fashion. Brush top of the strudel with butter and sprinkle with 2 T crumbs.
Repeat the entire procedure for the second strudle.
Bake the strudels at 400 degrees F. for 20 to 25 minutes, until browned. Makes 2 strudels, 6 to 8 servings each. NOTE: Frozen fillo leaves for strudel can be found at most supermarkets in the frozen foods sections.