Apple Strudel
Ingredients
6 cup apples, tart, sliced
3/4 cup raisins
1 tbsp lemon rind, grated
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup almonds, ground
8 oz fillo leaves, 1/2 box,thawed
1 3/4 cup butter, (no margarine),melted
1 cup bread crumbs, finely crushed
Preparation
Mix apples with raisins, lemon rind, sugar, cinnamon, and almonds. Set
aside. Place 1 fillo leaf on a kitchen towel and brush witl melted
butter. Place a second leaf on top and brush with butter again.
Repeat until 5 leaves have been used, using about 1/2 c of butter.
Cook and stir bread crumbs with 1/4 c of butter until lightly browned.
Sprinkle 3/4 cup crumbs on the layered fillo leaves. Mound 1/2 of the
filling in a 3-inch strip along the narrow end of the fillo, leaving a
2-inch border. Lift towel, using it to roll leaves over apples, jelly
roll fashion. Brush top of the strudel with butter and sprinkle with
2 T crumbs. Repeat the entire procedure for the second strudle. Bake
the strudels at 400 degrees F. for 20 to 25 minutes, until browned.
Makes 2 strudels, 6 to 8 servings each. NOTE: Frozen fillo leaves for
strudel can be found at most supermarkets in the frozen foods
sections.
Servings: 6
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