I finally Master the Classic Apple Strudel Recipe from Northern Italy!🍏🍎🍏

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil reduces saturated fat while maintaining moisture.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds flavor complexity while brown sugar is often cheaper.

raisins

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: chopped apples

Dried cranberries add tartness while chopped apples are often less expensive.

vanilla extract

🥗Healthier: vanilla bean

💰Cheaper: vanilla powder

Vanilla powder can be cheaper and still provide flavor.

Knead 150 g all-purpose flour, 40 g butter, 2 g salt, and 20 g sugar with 80 ml lukewarm water until it forms a smooth, elastic dough.

Let the dough rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.

Peel and cube 700 g Rennette apples.

Soften and squeeze dry 50 g raisins (⅓ cup).

Add 30 g pine nuts, juice of 1 lemon, ground cinnamon to taste, and ground cloves to taste to the apples and mix.

In a skillet, melt 20 g butter and mix with 80 g sugar and 30 g breadcrumbs, then allow to cool.

Combine the apple mixture with the breadcrumb mixture.

Roll out the dough to 1 cm thickness, then thin it out to 2 mm with your hands.

Add the apple filling to the dough.

Roll up the dough around the filling.

Transfer the strudel to a baking sheet and make small incisions on top.

Brush the strudel with melted butter.

Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes.

Let the strudel cool and dust with powdered sugar.

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