Caramelised apple & walnut strudel

Caramelised apple & walnut strudel

A warming autumnal pudding full of fruit and spices

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat 75g of the sugar and the vanilla seeds in a medium, heavy-based frying pan over a medium-low heat for 5-8 mins, or until golden brown and caramelised. Add the apples, currants, sultanas, allspice, nutmeg and walnuts, then cook for 10 mins or until the apple is tender. Remove the apple mix from the pan with a slotted spoon and cool to room temperature.
  2. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Place a sheet of filo on one of the trays, then brush lightly with the melted butter. Sprinkle over 1 tsp sugar. Repeat the process until there are 3 layers of filo. Repeat with the remaining sheets of filo on the second tray.
  3. Divide the apple mix along the shorter edge of both pastry sheets and gently roll into 2 logs, tucking in the ends as you go. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle over 1 tbsp sugar. Can be made up to 1 day ahead, kept chilled. Bake for 25 mins, or until the pastry is golden brown and crisp. Let cool slightly, then cut each strudel into 6 diagonal slices. Serve two slices each with a dollop of crème fraîche on the side.

PER SERVING

484 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 49g, fat 31 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 0g, sugar 35g, salt 0.74 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2008.

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  • Binder photo Stela

    07 October 2008

    Stela rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very nice and easy to make. I served it with vanilla ice cream.

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  • Binder photo anniekelly

    22 December 2008

    anniekelly rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this last night - very easy and delicious! Actually added an extra 2 apples - as the spices smelt strong. (I used a full tspn of both nutmeg and all spice - pershaps looking at the recipe now it should be 1/2 tsp of nutmeg - as the recipe isnt complete). I am in the US now and the Filo Pastry that I bought was in much smaller pieces - I adjusted the recipe and made individual parcels and the recipe made 6 Filo Parcels (large) - Really nice and presentation looked great.

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  • Binder photo Sugar

    08 April 2009

    Sugar rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious and very, very easy! I used pinoli instead of the walnuts and omitted the nutmeg. Served with custard it was a huge success with all the family and friends!!

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    21 October 2009

    pumpkin rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really easy and quick to make, I thought it would taste a bit sweeter but my husband loved it, a firm favourite now!

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  • Binder photo Mich

    21 October 2010

    Mich rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this last night and was so happy with it even if i left out the walnuts. Great dessert.

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    21 October 2010

    Mich commented on this recipe

    I made this last night and was so happy with it even if i left out the walnuts. Great dessert.

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    07 October 2011

    HeatherMay rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very tasty, particularly when served warm with creme fresh.

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    17 October 2011

    fruitbat commented on this recipe

    had this yesterday - it was easy and gorgeous - Highly recommended!

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    21 October 2011

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    very tasty and very easy,great for winter nights.

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  • Binder photo lizziespain

    01 November 2011

    lizziespain commented on this recipe

    Delicious and so quick. I added some pine nuts too and used honey to cook the apples instead of sugar. Also cinnamon instead of nutmeg and allspice.

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    07 February 2012

    sarajones commented on this recipe

    Why did my sugar burn, it didn't turn into a liquid just a ball..followed the recipe. added a touch of water, now waterery mess.

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    18 March 2012

    honeybee commented on this recipe

    Have made this several times - really easy and quite impressive. Today I couldn't get filo pastry (small town supermarket) so tried it with puff pastry. Interesting, but still delicious!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 100g golden granulated sugar , plus extra
  • seeds scraped from 1 vanilla pod
  • 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced
  • 25g each currants and sultanas
  • 1 tsp ground allspice
  • tsp ground nutmeg
  • 85g walnuts , chopped
  • 6 large sheets filo pastry
  • 50g butter , melted
  • 200ml tub crème fraîche
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PER SERVING

484 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 49g, fat 31 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 0g, sugar 35g, salt 0.74 g

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