🇨🇿 Czech Cuisine

Jablkovy Zavin

Czech Apple Strudel

Prep Time 1 hour 30 min
Servings 8
Difficulty Medium
Calories 347 kcal

Flaky pastry encasing spiced apples, raisins, and cinnamon, baked until golden and shatteringly crisp.

Ingredients

  • 300g all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 120ml warm water
  • Pinch salt
  • 6 apples, peeled and sliced
  • 100g sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 80g raisins
  • 60g butter, melted
  • 50g breadcrumbs, toasted

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix flour, egg, oil, water, and salt into elastic dough. Knead 10 min. Rest 30 min under a warm bowl.
  2. 2 Stretch dough on a floured cloth until paper-thin and translucent.
  3. 3 Brush with melted butter, sprinkle toasted breadcrumbs.
  4. 4 Spread apple slices, sugar, cinnamon, and raisins over two-thirds of dough.
  5. 5 Roll up tightly using the cloth to help. Place seam-down on a baking sheet.
  6. 6 Brush with butter. Bake at 190C for 35-40 min until golden. Dust with powdered sugar.

Did You Know?

The traditional test for strudel dough is that you should be able to read a newspaper through it.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/czech/czech-apple-strudel/