Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel)
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INGREDIENTS 6 cups tart apples, sliced
3/4 cup almonds, ground
3/4 cup raisins
8 ounces fillo leaves (1/2 box), thawed
1 tablespoon lemon rind, grated
1-3/4 cup butter (not margarine), melted
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup finely crushed bread crumbs
1 teaspoon cinnamonMix apples with raisins, lemon rind, sugar, cinnamon and almonds. Set aside.
Place 1 fillo leaf on a kitchen towel and brush with melted butter. Place a second leaf on top and brush with butter again. Repeat until 5 leaves have been used, using about 1/2 cup of butter.
Cook and stir bread crumbs with 1/4 cup 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 tablespoons crumbs. Repeat the entire process for the second strudel.
Bake the strudels at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, until browned.
Makes 2 strudels (6 to 8 servings each)
NOTE - Frozen fillo leaves (phyllo) for strudel can be found at most supermarkets in the frozen foods sections.