Apple Strudel

Ingredients

8 sheets of filo pastry
25g butter, meltedFilling
6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, quartered and cored
1 tbsp lemon juice
Finely grated rind of one lemon
125g castor sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
45g raisins
45g butter, melted
3/4 tbsp corn flour

Method

Put the apples, lemon juice, lemon rind, sugar, salt, cinnamon powder and raisins in a heatproof dish. Mix well and add the corn flour. Then dot a little butter over the mixture. Bake in preheated oven at 200°C for 10-15 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool.Lightly brush one sheet of filo pastry with melted butter. Layer the sheets of filo pastry one after another with a brush of melted butter.For the final layer, spoon the prepared filling along one side of the pastry. Then from the filling side, roll up Swiss-roll style. Place the roll on a baking tray with the rolled seam side down. Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for 25–30 minutes or until strudel is lightly golden. Sprinkle a little icing sugar over it and slice into 3cm pieces.