Reader recipe: Apple Strudel - The Jewish Chronicle
Inspired by my mother and with thanks to Claudia Roden
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Cooking tools:
- Food processor
- Rolling pin
- Offset spatula
- Pastry brush
- Kitchen scale
- Chef's knife
- Cutting board
- Peeler
- Mixing bowl
- Baking sheet
- Oven
- Measuring spoon
- Spoon
- Fork
- Aluminum foil
- Plate
Ingredients
- 300g (12 oz) ready made puff pastry (8 inch width of ready rolled)
- Flour for rolling out pastry
- 500g (1lb) of sharp eating apples eg Granny Smiths
- 500g (1lb) of sweet eating apples eg Gala
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 60g (2½ oz) caster sugar
- 75g (3 oz) mixed chopped nuts
- 25g (1 oz) toasted chopped hazelnuts
- 40g (1½ oz) sultanas or raisins
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 75g (3 oz) dry, fine challah breadcrumbs – use 2, or 3 day old challah, discard crusts and whizz to crumbs in a food processor
- 1 beaten egg (for egg wash)