Apple strudel

Ingredients

   1 tablespoon flour

   500g packet puff pastry

    5 sour apples

    Juice of 1/2 lemon

    1 cup of sugar

    1 teaspoon cinnamon

    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    80g raisins

    1 egg beaten with 3 tablespoons milk

Preparation

 1- Preheat oven to 220 C. Butter a baking tray.

 2- For the filling, peel the apples and cut into quarters, then cut into thin slices. In a large bowl, drizzle with the lemon juice to prevent discolouring.

 3- Mix the sugar, cinnamon and flour in a small bowl. Add the flour mixture to the apples with the vanilla. Stir everything well. Now add the raisins.

 4- Roll out the puff pastry. Place the filling down the centre. If there is too much fulling, don’t use it all.

 5- Fold the top flap of pastry over the filling and brush with the egg-milk mixture.

 6- Fold the lower flap of pastry over it and press firmly. Seal the ends equally well with the egg-milk mixture.

 7- Lay the strudel on the buttered baking tray and brush it with the remaining egg-milk mixture.

 8- Bake the strudel in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes, until golden brown.

 9- Leave to cool for at least 20 minutes before cutting. Dust with icing sugar. A large dollop of cream, custard or vanilla ice cream goes really well with it.

H.Zoghib