Bavarian Style Apple Strudel Apfel Strudel Recipe 465 Food

BAVARIAN STYLE APPLE STRUDEL (APFEL STRUDEL) RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• NOTE: I find that rolling out the puff pastry on a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper is ideal. This helps with the rolling of the strudel and for the transferring of the filled strudel onto a baking sheet a breeze! Filling: Peel and remove the core. Slice the apples thinly. NOTE: I invested in an apple peeler, corer, that makes this process so easy to do. I simply attach the apple to the fork, turn the crank and my apple is peeled, cored and sliced thin very quickly! I also drop the prepared apples in a bowl of cold water, with the juice of half a lemon (to prevent browning). If using Clearjel thickener, add it to the sugar and mix together. Add the sugar, lemon juice, golden raisins, boiled apple cider** (if using)and cinnamon to the apples and mix to combine. Set aside. **Boiled cider is a heavily concentrated cider that has been boiled down and reduced to a very thick syrup. I use this to enhance my apple pies, crisps and strudels. It's also a great way to make apple juice, or pour it over pancakes. Gently roll the sheet of puff pastry out to smooth out the fold marks into a rectangular shape. Brush an even layer of melted butter onto the pastry. I "plop" about 3 tablespoons of sour cream right down the center and spread it evenly, leaving at least a 2-inch border all the way around. The apple mixture might become watery, as the apples begin to release their juices. So, use a slotted spoon (or clean hands) to add half of the apple mixture into the center of the pastry sheet-- leaving at least a 2-inch border. Lift up one side of the parchment paper to cover the center filling. Lift up the other side to cover the fruit entirely. Pinch together the long seam and both ends, to seal the pastry. Tuck the ends over the top and gently press to seal. Lift the parchment paper over a parchment lined baking sheet and gently roll the strudel on to the sheet, with the sealed side down. Repeat the process with the second puff pastry sheet. At this point, you can refrigerate the strudel until you are ready to bake it (within a few hours). Preheat the oven to 400°F. Brush the egg wash over each strudel and sprinkle with coarse sugar (if using). Using a sharp knife, make diagonal slices across the top 2-3-inches apart. Bake between 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow to cool on a baking rack, for at least five minutes. The strudel is best served warm or at room temperature, and is best eaten on the day that is is baked. If desired, you can whisk powdered sugar all over the top right before serving. Fresh whipped cream is a lovely garnish, as well.

BAVARIAN "PULLED" APPLE STRUDEL (GEZOGENE STRUDEL)

Steps:

• Work the flour, eggs, oil, water, and salt into a dough.
• Divide into three parts.
• Form a ball of each piece, brush each piece of dough with oil and let it rest for 45 min.
• Place a old clean tablecloth on the table, roll out a ball a thin as you can.
• Here comes the tricky part.
• Make sure you are wearing no rings-- go under the dough like you are making your hands into claws with your fingers pointing down at the table and the soft part of your knuckles is what is going to pull the dough toward you.
• You will do this all around in a circle until the dough is paper thin and you can see through it.
• Brush generously with melted butter during this process.
• Trim off the heavy edges.
• Sprinkle on the apples, some sugar, cinnamon to taste, nuts if you like and drizzle a little melted butter over all.
• Now take the tablecloth and fold about 5" over toward the center on each side forming a frame around the dough.
• From the long side, Lift one side of the tablecloth and roll up completely.
• Fold it as long as your pan is.
• Seal edges.
• Gently put rolled strudel into the pan Bake at 350* for about 45-55 min.
• Until golden brown.
• There are other fillings like cheese, cabbage, sweet or sour cherries, raisins/nuts can be added to the apples, even meats have been done with this dough.
• I prefer the apple and cheese myself.

BAVARIAN APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475. Butter a 13X9 baking pan and set aside.
• Place the raisins in a small bowl, add the rum and let soak while you proceed.
• Mix cold water and lemon juice, set aside.
• Peel and core apples, cut into eighths, then cut each eighth crosswise into thin slices, letting them drop into the water and lemon juice mixture; set aside.
• Combine the sugar, lemon zest and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
• Spread the phyllo sheets on a damp cloth. Lightly brush the left half of the top sheet of phyllo with a little of the melted butter and fold in half as if closing a book. Fit into the bottom of the prepared baking pan and brush lightly with more butter. (You can also spray the sheets with butter flavored spray - it still tastes great and you save a lot of fat - very easy too).
• Layer in 5 more sheets of phyllo, buttering, folding and buttering as before. (The phyllo sheets may not fit the bottom of the pan exactly - if too big, tuck under any overhang; if too small, stagger placement so that bottom of pan is covered.).
• Drain the apple slices and pat very dry. Arrange half the slices in the pan on top of the phyllo.
• Sprinkle with half the sugar mixture and half the raisins and rum; then spread with half the creme fraiche.
• Top with four more phyllo sheets, again brushing with butter, folding and brushing again after placing in pan. Make sure the phyllo covers the apples.
• Arrange the remaining apples on top of the phyllo, sprinkle with remaining sugar, rum and raisins.
• Spread the remaining creme fraiche and set aside.
• Bring the cream and rosewater to a simmer in an uncovered small heavy saucepan over low heat, then pour evenly over apples. Finally top with remaining phyllo sheets (about eight), using the same buttering, folding and buttering technique.
• Place the pan of strudel on a baking sheet (to catch any boil over) and slide onto the middle rack.
• Bake uncovered for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temp to 400 and continue baking, uncovered, till bubbling and richly browned. *THE RECIPE DOES NOT SPECIFY A TIME HERE - begin checking after 10 minutes - I baked it about 20-25 minutes after the initial 10. (if it browns too fast, cover with foil).
• remove from the oven and cool 15 minutes.
• Sift confectioner's sugar evenly over the top, cut into large squares and serve at once.

APPLE STRUDEL (APFELSTRUDEL)

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE STRUDEL DOUGH, measure the flour into a large bowl and make a well in the center of it.
• In a small bowl, beat the egg, salt, oil, and water until blended.
• Pour the liquids into the well in the flour and mix until a soft dough forms.
• Pick up the dough with one hand (coat your hand lightly with oil to prevent sticking) and slap the dough into the bowl or onto a lightly oiled surface about 100 times.
• (Or place the dough into an electric mixer with dough hook and beat at high speed for 10 minutes.) The dough will be sticky at first, but then will become elastic and will leave the board and hands clean.
• Divide the dough into 2 lightly oiled bowls and let rest, covered, for 10 minutes.
• Cover a table with a smooth, plastic tablecloth and rub very lightly with an oil-soaked cloth.
• Dust one of the parts of dough lightly with flour and invert the bowl onto the plastic tablecloth-covered surface.
• Dust the top with flour.
• Pat the dough down as flat as possible, then with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out to make a circle about 10 inches across.
• Working from the underside of the dough with palms up, gently and slowly stretch the dough until measure 30 inches each way and is paper thin.
• Brush the dough with 2 tablespoons of the melted butter.
• Using the plastic tablecloth really makes it so much easier.
• MAKE THE FILLING.
• In a small bowl, mix the crumbs, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon.
• Sprinkle the dough evenly with 2 tablespoons of this mixture.
• In a large bowl, mix the apples with the lemon juice, the remaining sugar, and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle the dough with half the apple mixture and half the raisins and the chopped walnuts, leaving about one-quarter of one end of the dough uncovered, and 6 inches from 2 OPPOSITE ENDS uncovered.
• Lift the 2 OPPOSITE SIDES of unfilled edges up over the filling.
• Brush the fold edges with 1 tablespoon more of the melted butter.
• Starting from the FILLED EDGE of the dough, lift the plastic cloth so that the strudel will roll up, rolling toward the UNFILLED EDGE of the dough, forming a roll.
• Place the roll on a buttered baking sheet with the seam side down.
• Brush the roll with 1 tablespoon more melted butter.
• REPEAT the stretching, filling and rolling procedure with the SECOND HALF of the dough and the remaining filling ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 400 F.
• Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until golden brown.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar.
• Cut in slices to serve.
• The Great Holiday Baking Book Beatrice Ojakangas.

MEXICAN TORTILLA APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Combine apples with raisins, nuts, sugar, and cinnamon.
• Brush tortillas with melted butter.
• Sprinkle tortillas with cereal, then 2 TBS apple mixture.
• Roll tortilla up and brush each with melted butter.
• Bake on buttered baking pan 350 degrees until browna and crisp (time depends on how hot your oven bakes, I bake mine about 15 to 20 minutes).
• Dust with powered sugar.
• YUM!