Apple roll made from thin puff pastry (in other words, strudel) is a classic Austrian delicacy that can always be found in Viennese cafes. Travel lovers know what a real strudel with apple filling is, and those who have never been to Austria can read this recipe and try to cook this aromatic dish using it.
Ingredients:
- 1 layer of yeast-free puff pastry;
- 5 large apples;
- 1 chicken egg;
- half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder;
- 4 sprigs of fresh mint;
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 4 tablespoons almond petals
- lemon peel;
- 20 g granulated sugar.
Preparation:
- The dough can be bought ready-made in any large store, defrost the dough before using.
- Wash the lemon, remove the zest from it and rub on a fine grater, you should get a full teaspoon of zest.
- Wash the apples, remove the peel and the seed chamber inside, finely chop up random pieces. Fold in a deep bowl and pour over the lemon juice, thanks to which the apple pieces will not darken.
- Pour the specified amount of vanilla sugar, cinnamon powder and shabby lemon zest into a bowl with apples.
- Rinse fresh mint sprigs in water, chop finely with a knife and throw over the apples.
- Stir the contents of the bowl thoroughly so that the food is evenly distributed among themselves.
- Roll out the thawed soft layer of puff pastry with a rolling pin into a thin long rectangle.
- If excess liquid has formed in the apple filling, it must be carefully removed, we do not need it. Put the filling itself at the beginning of the test rectangle, a couple of centimeters should be retreated from the edges. Sprinkle apples on top with three tablespoons of granulated sugar and almond petals.
- Gently roll the roll, tuck the edges on the sides down so that the filling does not fall out and the juice formed during cooking does not flow out.
- On the top of the roll, make oblique cuts for beauty, steam will also come out through them.
- Crack the egg, separate the yolk, combine it with half a teaspoon of sugar and brush over the whole strudel. Sprinkle the surface of the roll with the rest of the granulated sugar.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °, then place the baking sheet with strudel for 40 minutes. Allow strudel to cool before use.
