If you are looking to #bake something comforting and warming this fall then why not try my Austrian Apple Strudel Recipe. On my mum’s side of the family, I have some Austrian cousins whom I visited often. They live near Salzburg and over the years have given me some family recipes. Both Apple Strudel and Topfen Strudel (this one is made with Quark cheese) are some of my favourites.
Ingredients
Dough
250g plain flour
1 egg
1 pinch of salt
20g butter
½ glass of water (approx. 125ml boiling water)
Filling
70g of sugar (I don’t normally measure it as check the sharpness of the apples)
50g of butter x 2
1kg of cooking apples
100g raisins (I don’t put them in as a lot of my friends don’t like them, the strudel is still very nice)
Cinnamon
Method
Make a well in the flour, add the egg (mix a little), salt, 20g of butter in the ½ glass of boiling water and pour it in the middle of the flour.
Work into a dough, it should be soft but not sticky.
Warm an empty pan (it should be quite hot) and cover60 the dough with the pan (ensuring you do not touch the dough with the pan) leave to rest for ¼ hour.
Put a large tea towel on a table (it makes it easier to roll out) and flour it. Put the dough in the middle and roll it into a large rectangle. Melt some butter and spread it over the whole dough. Stretch further if not thin enough.
Put some thin slices of apples all over the stretched dough, spread the raisins (if used) and add some sugar and cinnamon (there should be quite a lot of cinnamon).
Form a roll (using the tea towel to help you to move it) and spread some melted butter on the whole surface of the roll.
Put the cake in foil securing it well and bake for one hour at high temperature (around 180C – 200C fan).
Serve with some whipped cream and sprinkle each piece with some icing sugar.
Recipe By: Brigitte Kershaw
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16 comments
This is such a nice recipe and I love apple so much. I am going to give it a try on the weekends.
Let us know how it goes as it is a good recipe to try
This looks like the perfect autumn recipe – I’ve never tried making a strudel before so will have to give this a try.
This is a relatively easy recipe to make so good luck
Wow, that looks really good. I need to make some of these, I bet the whole family would love them.
Yes and it is so healthy as well
My Uncle was a baker, from Czechoslovakia. He used to make an apple strudel that was very similar to this one! It was so good!
Now you can make this too, let us know if it tastes the same
Looks and sounds like a wonderful autumn dessert to make. I love apple strudels!!
Glad to hear that and yes it is
i never tried making this before. I might need to try for thanksgiving!
Hope you do, it is perfect for sharing although you might not have a lot of balance
That looks absolutely incredible – and I can just about smell it. And it only calls for the most basic ingredients – as most traditional Austrian or German recipes do. Well done. Will have to make this – also without raisins 😉
Hope you do, remember to tag us as well when you do make it
Strudel does sound nice! This looks absolutely delicious, lovely recipe!
Thank you Rosy, yes it tastes wonderful and worth making it