Apple and cinnamon strudel
For this week's recipe column from Daily Cooks Challenge we're going with a comforting old favourite to cheer everyone up - Gino D'Acampo's Apple and Cinnamon Strudel.
Serves 1.
INGREDIENTS:
• small handful raisins
• 50ml Grand Marnier
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 apple, cored and cut into chunks
• 150g butter, melted in a pan
• 40g flaked almonds
• 3 or 4 sheets filo pastry
• icing sugar to dust
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 80ml whipping cream
METHOD:
• Soak the raisins in the Grand Marnier for 5 minutes, then drain.
• In a frying pan, caramelise the apples with the brown sugar and cinnamon in a little butter until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Stir in the almonds and raisins and cook for a further minute, coating everything in the caramel. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes.
• Lay out the filo pastry, brushing each sheet with butter and dusting with a little icing sugar before layering 3 or 4 on top of each other.
• Spoon the apple filling in a line down the middle of the pastry, then fold in each of the opposite sides to form a long parcel.
• Brush the top with butter and dust with a little caster sugar. Bake in the oven for 7 to 8 minutes at 200?C.
• Whip the cream until thick and serve the strudel fresh from the oven with the cream drizzled over and a dusting of icing sugar.
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