Overflown with apples or just seeking something intriguing? Check out this Apple strudel recipe that is a dessert worth pursuing!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Sugar free recipe
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Ingredients
Traditional Homemade Apple Strudel Pastry
7cupsFlour
2¼cupsWatertepid
½teaspoonSalt
Apple Strudel Filling
4medium Applecored and peeled
1teaspoonCinnamon
½pieceLemon's juice
Sweetener to tasteoptional
Instructions
Knead the dough until it comes together into a uniform texture.
Place the dough onto a floured surface.
Knead and divide into equal balls, we made 8 here. Cover and let them rest until the fillings are prepared.
Filling
Prepare the filling. Let's try something wild: summer squash with poppy seed, sour cherry with poppy seed and cottage cheese with raisins and honey.
Assembly
Roll out one dough into a 4" / 10cm disc. Brush some sour cream on top.
Pick to dough up and stretch it by letting gravity do its thing.
Put it back onto the table and stretch it further by hand. This is the tricky part. Check out: How to stretch strudel dough
Place lumps of filling, about the size of a tablespoon, onto about ¾ part of the dough. Keep about 2" / 5cm distance between the lumps and mind that the rows next to each other are alternating and not covering one another. Drizzle optional shaken up sour cream on top.
Roll the dough up, starting from the side where the fillings are close to the edge using the table cloth. If the dough doesn't want to roll, a special technique called jumping the dough must be initiated, which is a slight yank of the cloth so a bit of extra momentum is given the dough for moving. Check out: How to roll Strudel up
Cut the strudel into the size of the baking tray.
Place the strudels into the parchment paper lined or lightly oiled baking tray. Brush them with more sour cream.
Place the strudels on the middle rack of a 350°F / 180°C preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.