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Monday, July 4, 2011

Tobie's Apple Strudel


On the weekend we went to the Good Food and Wine Show and were fortunate enough to see Tobie Puttock cook in the celebrity theatre. He is such an inspiring chef, and shares similar passions to me in regards to using fresh local organic produce.
 He demonstrated three dishes and I do plan to try them all! Last night I made his apple strudel.

We bought Tobie's book Cook Like an Italian
For the strudel you knead a dough from flour, egg, olive oil and water to make it smooth and elastic.
The apples are prepared with some almonds, raisins (i left these out), almonds, cinnamon, sugar and lemon juice.


The dough is then rolled out and stretched using the back of your hand until it is almost see through.


The apples and dough are sprinkled with bread crumbs before you roll it up. Tobie used this interesting method where he didn't actually touch the dough but used a table cloth to roll it up, by picking up the cloth he gently forced the strudel to roll over itself. I recruited my husband to help as he was able to see what Tobie was doing better then me. 


The strudel is covered with an egg wash and baked.


It was delicious. The pastry tasted very familiar when I tasted it, reminded of something similar I have eaten in the past. It was kind of chewy but not in a bad way. It works perfectly with the apple filling. 
We served with some homemade vanilla custard, yum!



My daughter enjoyed herself, especially as her Uncle was there to spoil her!

17 comments:

  1. The strudel looks great!!! I decided I couldn't bear the crowds and didn't venture to the show this year - glad you had a great time!!! The Darlings love those sipahs too!!!!

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  2. Wow! That was fast. I was thinking about making the strudel in the next 6 months :)

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  3. yum love the look of your strudel!

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  4. I always wondered what a strudel was meant to be like! Have you had the ones with puff pastry?

    Also, you seem to have a gift for pastry! I'm envious...

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  5. Yum that looks delicious and flaky! Great recipe :)

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  6. Mmmmmmm I love strudel will try this out, Thanks Diane

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  7. Aww what a cute pic of all of you! You guys are such an adorable family :)

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  8. Looks delicious - and your little ones are so sweet, too. Perfect dessert for a chilly winter evening and the idea excuse for custard. Although I think I'd be quite content to tackle it custard-less, and that is saying something!

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  9. I love strudel!Yours looks really fantastic!

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  10. This is going straight to my favorite recipes! I have a great weakness to anything with apples! The dough looks amazing too!

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  11. Mmmmm I love apple strudel, especially in winter - yum!

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  12. I've always wanted to make a strudel from scratch- this looks really good!!! Especially the pastry! I wish my parents to me to the good food and wine show when I was little....haha :D

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  13. The strudel looks delicious! Never tried making strudel before! You have a lovely family, your kids are really cute!
    Have a nice day!

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  14. Wonderful!! I always like apples in dessert and this is just perfect!

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  15. Mmm the apple strudel looks fantastic! And what a wonderful photo of you and your family.

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  16. I used to love making strudel in my pre-gluten free days. Your's looks wonderful! Jealous you made it to the good food and wine show! It's in Perth in a few weeks I think, but I sadly can't make it :-( Maybe next year?

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