Get a taste of the holidays with this delicious dessert.
Apple Strudel
Servings 6
Ingredients
Toasted Walnuts Ingredients:
- Chopped Walnuts:
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 oz chopped walnuts
Apple Filling Ingredients:
- 8 oz premium apple filing
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ cup warm water
Sauce Ingredients:
- ½ lb unsalted butter
- ½ lb light brown sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon Pecan Whiskey or bourbon of choice
- 1 oz white baking chocolate
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ½ orange
Strudel Ingredients:
- 1 puff pastry sheet Pepperidge Farms, grocery freezer
- 2 oz pound cake cut into ½ x ½ cubes
- 8 oz apple filling prepared earlier
- 1 oz chopped walnuts prepared earlier
- 1 oz craisins
- 1 medium egg
- ½ teaspoon white sugar
- Spray pan or use pan liner
Instructions
Toasted Walnuts Preparation:
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Melt butter in skillet, low. Add walnuts and allow sweating for 1-2 minutes on low. Toss and set aside.
Apple Filling Preparation:
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Heat medium cast iron skillet on med/low. Add apple filling, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add water and reduce heat to low. Allow to simmer for 3-5 minutes. Set aside.
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White Chocolate Caramel Orange Pecan Rum Sauce (Yields 2 cups)
Sauce Preparation:
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In a medium saucepan, melt unsalted butter on medium heat
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Add brown sugar, whisk together. Add vanilla and rum, bring to boil. Allow to boil for 1 minute while whisking.
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Slowly add heavy cream, continue to whisk. This will help cool the sauce, **Chefs Tip:
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Return temperature to low, add 1 oz white baking chocolate, whisk until chocolate is fully melted.
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Add ½ orange, allow orange too steep for 20 minutes.
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** add the heavy cream slowly and whisk quickly while adding. Caramel will bubble up and will be very hot!
Strudel Preparation:
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Place puff pastry sheet down and make 11 even cuts on each side (see video) cuts should be about ¾ inch wide. Puff pastry should have three equal sections, one on the left and one on the right with the cuts and the middle left for the filling
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Add pound cake to down the middle of the puff pastry
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Add spiced apple filling
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Add craisins
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Add chopped walnuts
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Begin braiding dough, see video.
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Brush top and sides of the strudel with egg wash & dust with white sugar
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Spray or line a cookie sheet, place strudel on pan
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Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown
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Allow to cool.
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Slice, ladle white chocolate caramel orange pecan rum sauce and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Chef’s Tip: Serve with your favorite ice cream! I would recommend a vanilla bean!
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