Apfelstrudel

Austrian Apple Strudel

Its a old traditioned Austrian dish.
Had it first in a restaurant in Wiesbaden.
Grateful to chefkoch.de for the great recipe !

Things needed: 

	For the Base:
250 g	All purpose flour
1pinch	Salt
1	Egg
100 ml	Lukewarm water
20 ml	Oil
	For die Filling:
100 g	Breadcrumbs
50 g	Butter
120 g	Sugar
10 g	Cinnamon
170 g	Rosinen
2 tbsp	Zitronensaft
1 kg	Apple
1 pinch	Rum aroma
then....	Some extra Butter, Sugar & Flour for the preparation.

Preparation Method :

For the Base: Knead well the ingredients 5 min. to make a dough . Apply 3 tbsp oil to the surface & keep aside in a vessel closed with a wet cloth for half hour . Spread some flour in a backing paper,place the dough in a backing paper & roll it out to a thin long square using a rolling pin. Brush with melten butter.

For the filling:
Heat butter in pan. Roast breadcrumbs goldenbraun in it . Mix in cinnamon & sugar.
Then add rosinen,lemon juice,rum aroma & apples. Mix everything well.
Let it cook for 5 minutes mixing.

When the filling is ready place it on one half of the base dough. Close it with other half. Seal & bake in 175 degrees until golden braun.

After baking is done brush the strudel with butter. Cut them into required slices & let them cool.

Serve with powdered sugar & vanilla sauce. U can use the same vanilla sauce in DampfNudel recipe.

Layered Apple Cake

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GEDECKTER APFEL KUCHEN

All credits goes to ChefKoch.de for such a wonderful recipe.
This this is my Kuchen Recipe for this X'mas. Last year was another Apfelkuchen. Tasty aswell , but Hazelnuts tastes awesome with Apples.!! You can't stop with a single piece !
This recipe I tried 5 times till now, tastier each n every time ! Going to make it again this week for the X'mas party in Shalu's kindergarten..

THINGS NEEDED:

For the base:

250 gm - All purpose flour
1 tsp - Backing powder
75 gm - Sugar
1 - Egg
125 gm - Butter


For the Apple layer:

1 kg - Apple, peeled, deseeded & cut to small pieces
100 gm - Sugar
1 tsp - Cinnamon powder
1/2 of a lemon


For the Hazel nut layer:

200 gm - Hazelnuts, coarsely grounded
1 tsp - Milk
125 gm - Butter
75 gm - Sugar
1 tbsp - Vanilla sugar
1 tsp - Lemon juice

26'' backing pan.

PREPARATION METHOD :

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
Beat well Sugar,butter & egg one by one.
Mix flour & backing powder separately and add to the egg mix using a sieve.
Knead well to a soft dough.
Grease the pan & spread 2/3 of the flour only in the base by pressing with fingers.
Bake in 175 degree oven for 6-7 minutes. Set aside.

Take 1/3 of the dough which was left and apply it to the sides of the baking pan to make the side.

Now we have base & sides..& for the filling,
Cut apples in small pieces. Mix in lemon juice, cinnamon powder & sugar.
Spread this uniformly in the baking pan.

For the Hazelnut layer, mix butter, sugar ,vanilla sugar , lemon juice , milk & crushed Hazelnuts.
Spread this using a spoon over the apples.

Bake in 175 degree oven for around 40 min. or until the top is brown.