6 cup apples, tart, sliced
3/4 cup raisins
1 tbsp lemon rind, grated
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup almonds, ground
8 oz fillo leaves, 1/2 box,thawed
1 3/4 cup butter, (no margarine),melted
1 cup bread crumbs, finely crushed
Directions
Mix apples with raisins, lemon rind, sugar, cinnamon, and almonds. Set
aside. Place 1 fillo leaf on a kitchen towel and brush witl melted
butter. Place a second leaf on top and brush with butter again.
Repeat until 5 leaves have been used, using about 1/2 c of butter.
Cook and stir bread crumbs with 1/4 c of butter until lightly
browned. Sprinkle 3/4 cup crumbs on the layered fillo leaves. Mound
1/2 of the filling in a 3-inch strip along the narrow end of the
fillo, leaving a 2-inch border. Lift towel, using it to roll leaves
over apples, jelly roll fashion. Brush top of the strudel with butter
and sprinkle with 2 T crumbs. Repeat the entire procedure for the
second strudle. Bake the strudels at 400 degrees F. for 20 to 25
minutes, until browned. Makes 2 strudels, 6 to 8 servings each. NOTE:
Frozen fillo leaves for strudel can be found at most supermarkets in
the frozen foods sections.
Servings: 6 servings
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