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Braided Puff Pastry Apple Strudel Casual Sweets Made Easy

Chef's notes

Fruit desserts and strudels are conveniently assembled and baked using store bought puff pastry sheets. Twin trifold sheets are purchased frozen. They can be defrosted overnight in the refrigerator or on counter while preparing apples and other ingredients.

Use your favorite apple pie filling recipe or mine below. I am partial to granny smith apples. I like their tartness and resilience during baking.

Recipe makes two strudels. They can be made a day ahead, even frozen and reheated for another occasion.

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Braided Puff Pastry Apple Strudel Casual Sweets Made Easy

Ingredients

4 or 5 medium granny smith apples
Juice from 1/2 lemon
Zest from 1 lemon (zester not grated).
4 tablespoons sugar
1 generous tablespoon flour
Pinches of cinnamon and grated nutmeg
1 box, 2 puff pastry sheets
3 tablespoons butter

Instructions

Peel, core, and thin slice apples. Place in a bowl. Toss with lemon juice.
In a separate bowl, mix sugar, flour, and spices. Add and mix lemon zest. Empty and mix contents of the small bowl with the apples. Preheat oven to 375º convection.
Place a sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured counter. I prefer Increasing the length of pastry by a n added inch or so with a rolling pin. Cut the pattern shown with approximate mirror image slits on each side, making all flaps about the same width. Trim the ends as shown.
Add apples onto the center of both sheets. Top each with 1 tablespoon of butter in dots. Fold right end over the filling and alternate tabs as cut at an angle. Placing the end dough over apples and smooth matching side tabs over.
Melt the last tablespoon of butter and brush tops of both strudels. Using a long spatula, lift both onto cookie sheet covered with parchment Bake for about 45 minutes. Serve immediately.

This technique is not limited to deserts. Please see my recipe for quick spanakopita, Easter Pie, and more, www.LuciaTramonte.con, under Appetizers.

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