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Saturday, May 05, 2007

apple strudel

the time has come for me to put my feet up and take a breather before the next plunge. syllabus covered, final assessments counted, desk cleared. despite my wishing for weeks for this day, when it finally arrives, it left me with a feeling not unlike one of my favourite desserts-dark chocolate. bitter-sweet.

so much so i had to gulp down a rising gush of emotions as i walk them down the stairs for the last time today. the irony of it all.

on a slightly, literally sweeter note, my culinary experiment last weekend. not bad, not bad at all.

see those long not-yet-sugar-coated-but-soon-will-be loaves of strudels? i whooped one of those down all by myself, right from the oven, straight into the baker's mouth; cinnamoned-apples, freshly baked crust and all.

now its your turn.

enjoy.

apple strudel

(recipe tweaked from the original in Shape:May)

crust:

150 ml fresh milk

50 g butter (melted)

1 egg

320 g flour

salt to taste

1 teaspoon baking powder

filling:

4 apples, cored, peeled and diced

1/2 lemon's worth of juice and zest

handful of raisins

sliced almonds

75g brown sugar

melted butter

1 tsp cinnammon powder

*icing sugar for sprinkling

directions: pour dough mixture into a mixing bowl and mix until they form a ball. rest dough for 30 minutes before stretching the dough very-very thin.

mix filling ingredients (all except the buter) together.

on the dough, brush the melted butter on, stuff with filling and roll it. bake at 180C for about 15-20 minutes. sprinkle icing sugar on top. serve warm.

lovely.

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