Apfelstrudel

Name: Apfelstrudel
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Austria
Ingredients: 300g plain flour; 150ml warm water; 4 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 tsp white wine vinegar; 1kg tart apples, peeled and thinly sliced; 100g caster sugar; 2 tsp cinnamon; 100g raisins; 100g breadcrumbs, fried in butter; 75g butter, melted

Austria

Viennese bakers judge their skill by how thin they can stretch a strudel dough.

The definitive apple strudel — tissue-thin handmade dough filled with sweet spiced apple, raisins and breadcrumbs. Vienna's greatest dessert.

Photo: jay8085

Prep

60 mins

Cook

35 mins

Difficulty

Hard

Calories

500 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

300gplain flour

150mlwarm water

4 tbspsunflower oil

1 tspwhite wine vinegar

1kgtart apples, peeled and thinly sliced

100gcaster sugar

2 tspcinnamon

100graisins

100gbreadcrumbs, fried in butter

75gbutter, melted

Method

Make dough: mix flour, water, oil and vinegar. Knead 10 minutes until silky. Rest 30 minutes.

Mix apples, sugar, cinnamon and raisins.

Stretch dough on a floured cloth until paper-thin.

Scatter breadcrumbs over. Add apple in a line. Brush edges with melted butter.

Roll up using the cloth. Brush all over with butter. Bake at 190°C for 35 minutes.

Chef's Tip

The dough should be thin enough to read a newspaper through — work from the centre outward.

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