Austrian Marillenstrudel - Apricotstrudel
- 1 sheet puff pastry (about 200g)
- 500 g sweet not too soft apricots (cored and cubed)
- 75 g butter
- 60 g breadcrumbs
- 60 g hazelnuts (ground)
- 60 g brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)
- 1 vanilla bean (scraped)
- 10 ml milk for pastry dough
- Melt butter in a pan and add breadcrumbs, ground hazelnuts and sugar.
- Stir until mixture is lightly toasted and fragrant.
- Take from heat and add cinnamon and vanilla bean scrapings.Stir until evenly distributed.
- Place sheet of puff pastry on non stick paper and place on a baking tray.
- Brush sides of pastry with milk, this will help to stick the pastry sheets together later.
- Place apricot cubes on 2/3 of the pastry, leave sides free.
- Sprinkle bread crumb/nut/sugar mixture over apricots.
- Fold in pastry sides and start to roll dough into strudel-shape.
- Press seam of dough firmly together so the strudel is closed on all sides.
- Brush surface with milk and let strudel bake at 180u0b0C for about 20 minutes until lightly brown.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy luke warm with whipped cream and/or vanilla ice cream -- .
pastry, butter, breadcrumbs, hazelnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla bean, milk
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/austrian-marillenstrudel-apricotstrudel-496466 (may not work)