Apple Strudel

I had some apples and puff pastry left over from one of my other recipes and I simply couldn't not make this. I think there may be a law which states you need to make an apple strudel if you have apples and puff pastry.

Ingredients:

• about 150g of ready-made puff pastry
• 1 cooking apple, quartered and thinly sliced (although I had less than that left over, probably around half to ¾ of an apple, and it worked just as well)
• 3 tbsp of raisins
• 1 tbsp of plain flour
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
• 2 tbsp of sugar (any type of sugar will do, but I used 1tbsp of white sugar and 1tbsp of brown)
• Icing sugar (for dusting)
• Egg-wash (1 egg plus a small splash of milk, beaten with a fork)

1. Mix the sugar, cinnamon and flour together. Add the apples and raisins until they are evenly coated.
2. Roll out the pastry until you get a large, thin square. Spread out the apples and raisins evenly all over the pastry, leaving only about an inch or so of a rim around the edges.
3. Start rolling up the pastry from one edge until you've rolled the whole thing up and reached the opposite edge. Use a bit of egg-wash to glue that edge up.
4. Using some more egg-wash, pinch and seal up the sides of the roulade.
5. Place the apple strudel on an oven tray lined with parchment paper and spread a bit egg-wash all over its surface.
6. Place in an oven pre-heated to 200 degrees and bake for about 20 minutes.
7. Once it’s golden brown, take it out of the oven and dust with icing sugar.

Serve hot with a bit of custard, cream or ice-cream if you have any, or just on its own. Enjoy! :)