Apple Raisin Strudel

Start of fall season starts with apple picking. We went to apple picking on a beautiful warm sunday morning to a local farm.We were excited to go and pick apples,blueberries freshly from trees. We picked lots of apples and blueberries and had brunch at their hill side cafe overlooking fields. That was a total Funday.

Here are some pictures...

After getting back home I realized; in an excitement we got more than enough berries and apples that we can eat for like 2-3 weeks (I froze the berries and can defrost whenever I need;so bit relaxed) so decided to do some experiments and here is the first one.

Ingredients-

• 1 golden delicious apple peeled,cored and cut into small cubes
• 2 tablespoon golden raisins
• 1 teaspoon + 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 sheet of puff pastry
• 2 tablespoon cold butter
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest

Method-

1. Soak the raisins into water for 30 minutes.
2. Thaw the frozen puff pastry at room temperature for 20-25 minutes.If you have a square sheet cut it into stripes along the folded mark.
3. Pre heat the oven at 375 ⁰F

4. Peel and cored the apple and cut into small cubes around 1/8 inch size
5. Mix lemon juice with apple cubes to coat it evenly to avoid browning of apples.
6. Cut butter into small cubes.
7. Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder,raisins,butter,lemon zest and mix well and set aside.
8. Now take the puff pastry stripes and again cut it into half.
9. Take 1 teaspoon of apple mixture and put into the center of pastry sheet and then close the sheet by applying egg wash(totally optional) at edges and press with fork.
10. Apply butter on the strudels.
11. In a small bowl mix 1 tablespoon granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder and sprinkle it on the buttered strudel
12. Keep the strudels in a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 15-20 minutes or till it get golden brown
13. Then take out from oven and let it cool completely and then sprinkle powdered sugar or decorate with sugar glaze.