An elegant alternative for all your apple-loving desires…. your taste buds will be alive with it! The Sound-of-Music Strudel will have you humming a different tune and put a smile on your face. Flaky puff pastry joins in perfect harmony with brown sugar-sweetened tart apples and sunny, golden raisins, then baked until golden-brown. This is a golden opportunity to share the love of a great dessert found in the Sound-of-Music Strudel. It might just end up on your list of favorite things!
Ingredients
- 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and cored, coarsely shredded, plus 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored, sliced
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup golden raisins
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- water, optional, to taste
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- confectioners’ sugar, to taste, for garnish
Directions
Step 1 –Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2 –In a large bowl, add the 1 shredded Granny Smith apple, the 3 sliced Granny Smith apples, the brown sugar, and the golden raisins and stir to combine. Set it aside.
Step 3 –On a flat surface, cut a sheet of parchment paper that fits an 18×26-inch baking sheet and add the puff pastry sheet on the top of the sheet of parchment paper.
Step 4 –With a rolling pin, lightly roll the thawed puff pastry sheet to flatten it.
Step 5 –Transfer the parchment paper with the rolled puff pastry sheet onto an 18×26-inch baking sheet.
Step 6 –Lengthwise, in the middle of the rolled puff pastry sheet, evenly add the apple mixture, leaving about a 1-inch border of dough bare at each end and about 4-5-inches of dough bare on each side, for folding.
Step 7 –With a sharp knife, on the 4-5-inch unfilled sides of the rolled puff pastry, cut 6 or 7 strips into each side for folding, from the apple mixture to the edges of the dough.
Step 8 –Fold the end pieces over the apple mixture, then fold the cut strips of the dough over the apple mixture to close to strudel.
Step 9 –With a pastry brush, lightly dampen the edges of the puff pastry with the water and press or crimp the edges to seal.
Step 10 –In a small bowl, add the egg and the milk and whisk to combine.
Step 11 –With a clean pastry brush, evenly brush the egg wash on the top of the pastry.
Step 12 –With a sharp knife, cut about 2 or 3 slits in the puff pastry dough to allow steam to escape.
Step 13 –Bake until golden-brown, about 35-40 minutes.
Step 14 –With a clean sharp knife, cut the strudel into serving-size slices.
Step 15 –Serve the strudel sprinkled with the confectioners’ sugar.