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Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...

Apple Strudel Recipe

Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...

Course Dessert
Cuisine Austrian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories per serving 412 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet puff pastry
  • 1 large apple
  • ½ vanilla bean
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp unsalted butter
  • 2 tsp caster sugar
  • 1 egg yolk

Instructions

  1. Soak the raisins in water or rum for 10 minutes until rehydrated.
    Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...
  2. Peel the apple, cut it into 4 parts and remove the core. Dice the apple and add it with the butter to a medium saucepan.
    Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...
  3. Place the pan over medium heat and gently bake the apples for 2 minutes. Slice the vanilla bean in half and scrape off the black seeds. Add both to the warm apples together with the caster sugar.
    Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...
  4. Stir and cook the apples for 5 more minutes until they start to soften. In the end add the cinnamon and the drained raisins.
    Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...
  5. Stir well and then take the pan off the heat. Let the apple filling cool. Beat the egg yolk with a little drop of water. Cut the puff pastry into an 8” (20 cm) by 7” (17,5 cm) rectangle. Place it on a large piece of baking paper. Spread the cooled apple filling in the middle.
    Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...
  6. Lightly brush the sides with a little of the beaten yolk and then slice the sides into even strips. Make sure you got the same amounts of strips on each side.
    Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...
  7. Then wrap the strips of pastry over the apple filling, alternately left and right. Brush the pastry with more beaten egg yolk. I sprinkled some caster sugar on top as well.

    Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...
  8. Then place the baking paper and pastry on a baking tray and bake the strudel in a preheated oven nat 356°F (180°C) for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden on top and cooked through underneath. Let the strudel cook down a little, cut it up into pieces and serve lukewarm.
    Learn to make a simple classic puff pastry braid filled with sweet apples and raisins! You will love my apple strudel recipe...