Apfelstrudel

Ingredients:

200 g sieved flour

1 egg

125 ml water

salt

1 kg sourish apples thinly sliced

1 lemon

50 g raisins

150 g sugar

1/2 dsp cinnamon

50 g walnuts

150 g bread crumbs

Preparation:

1. Knead the flour, egg, water and a pinch of salt into a dough.

2. Shape the dough into a ball, place on a floured worktop, brush with a little oil and, covered with a bowl, leave to rest for 20 minutes.

3. Sprinkle the apples with lemon juice and mix with the raisins, sugar, cinnamon, walnuts and a pinch of salt. Leave to rest for about 30 minutes.

4. In the meantime, brown the bread crumbs in a little butter.

5. Now lay a clean tea towel on the table and sprinkle well with flour.

6. Lay the dough in the middle, roll out with a rolling pin, stretch out with flour-covered hands until it is wafer-thin and cut away the remaining thick edges.

7. Brush two-thirds of the dough with melted butter and spread first the bread crumbs and then the apple mix over the bottom third.

8. Fold in the edges of the dough and then roll with the help of the tea towel.

9. Lay the strudel with the join at the bottom on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and brush with melted butter.

10. Bake for about 35 minutes on the middle shelf of a preheated oven at 175 °C and serve warm, sprinkled with icing sugar.

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