Apple Strudel
Here, it is ! My baked apple strudel as I have promised to show you in my today posting. I'm using the flaky pastry dough for skin. I always kept extra homemade pastry in my freezer; so that I don't have to do it at the same day when I need them. As you know, you need to spend lots of time in proceeding the folding process.Ingredients :
Pastry Dough
250gm all purpose flour
130ml ice water
15gm shortening
1 tbsp vinegar
200gm butter, leave to room temperature
Method :
- mix flour and shortening in a mixing bowl untill well combined.
- slowly add in ice water mixed with vinegar untill form a dough.
- slowly add in ice water mixed with vinegar untill form a dough.
- knead the dough untill smooth and elastic and then rest for 10 mins.
- sprinkle some flour onto butter and wrap it with a large plastic wrapper.
- slightly roll flat the butter and place it back to the fridge to rest for 10 mins.
- then roll flat the pastry dough and place in the cold butter.
- fold in the edge and seal well.
- fold in the edge and seal well.
- then roll out the dough nice and flat, not too thin.
- after the final folding, wrap the pastry dough with a plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for an hour or keep it into the freezer for further use.
- fold the short sides to the middle but don't overlap.
- roll out flat again after the folding.
- whenever you feel the dough is sticky, chill in fridge and let it harden again.
- continue the folding process for 2-3 times.
- after the final folding, wrap the pastry dough with a plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for an hour or keep it into the freezer for further use.Ingredients :
Apple fillings
6 small apples, cut into small cubes
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tspn cinnamon powder
1/2 tspn lemon rind
2 tbsp tapioca flour
Methods :
- add all ingredients (except tapioca flour) into a saucepan.
- and simmer over medium heat untill the apple turned soft.
- off the heat and add in the tapioca flour, stir to combine.
- leave cool.
- roll flat the pastry dough and place it onto a baking tray.
- pour the apple mixtures onto the pastry dough and wrap it up.
- brush on the egg glaze and bake for 25 mins at 210'c.
- finally, sprinkle the top with some icing sugar and serve hot.
You know what my son told me after eating it! He said :"This is super yummy, mom! You can open up a shop or something !". Oh.... how sweet of him! 