Easy Apple Strudel with Warm Spices and Vanilla Ice Cream
This easy apple strudel is a delightful blend of soft caramelized apples with comforting flavours of cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and nutmeg.
Equipment
- 1 medium saucepan
- 1 baking tray
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet apples diced
- 2 medium sour apples diced
- 50 g butter
- 1/3 cups sugar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground green cardamom
- A pinch of rock salt
- A sheet of puff pastry
Instructions
- Melt 50g butter in the pan. Add sugar and cornstarch and stir to dissolve.
- Add diced apples, ground spices and salt and cook over medium heat until softened and thickened, for about 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and let cool.
- Arrange the filling in the middle of your pastry sheet.
- Make cuts in the sides of the sheet, approx 1.5cm wide and about half way towards the filling, and wrap the filling ‘braiding’ the strips on top.
- Place the pie onto a baking tray lines with baking paper.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 180C for 30-35 minutes or until the pastry turns golden and crispy.
- Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Notes
- For sweet apples, you can use Fuji, Royal Gala or Jazz. For sour apples, use Granny Smith.
- You can swap cloves for allspice.