Apple and Mincemeat Strudel

    30m prep time
    75m total time
    Medium level
    11 ingredients

This is based on my recipe for apple strudel, which appeared in Long Weekends, but I have substituted just under half the apple filling with mincemeat just for Christmas. This is another dessert worth considering as a lighter alternative to Christmas pudding.

Method

Based on 6 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Mix the apples with the cinnamon, lemon zest and juice and sugar. Melt 20g of the butter in a small frying pan and fry the breadcrumbs until golden. Add them to the apples, then stir in the mincemeat. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.

Step 2

Melt the rest of the butter in a pan. Place a clean tea towel on the worktop with the long edge towards you. Place a sheet of the filo on top and brush with some of the melted butter. Lay another sheet over it and brush with butter, then repeat until you have used all the filo. Pile the filling on to the filo, leaving a border of about 3cm all round. Tuck the ends of the filo in and then, using the tea towel to help, roll the pastry away from you to enclose all the filling.

Step 3

Transfer the roll, seam-side down, to the lined baking sheet and brush with the rest of the melted butter. Bake for 40–45 minutes until golden. Toast the almonds in a dry pan until golden.

Step 4

Allow the strudel to cool to room temperature, then dust with icing sugar and scatter over the toasted almonds. Slice and serve with custard, cream or ice cream.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 6 servings
  • 95g Butter 1 x Sainsbury's British Butter, Unsalted 250g
  • 1 Lemon, zest and juice 1 x Sainsbury's Lemons
  • 225g Mincemeat 1 x Sainsbury's Matured Mincemeat with Brandy, Taste the Difference 411g
  • 6 Filo Pastry, large, 45 x 25cm 1 x Jus-Rol Filo Pastry Sheets x7 270g
  • 45g Dried White 1 x Sainsbury's Panko Breadcrumbs, Inspired to Cook 100g
  • 1.5tsp Ground Cinnamon 1 x Sainsbury's Ground Cinnamon 38g
  • 2tbsp Flaked Almonds, toasted 1 x Sainsbury's Flaked Almonds, SO Organic 100g
  • 500ml Custard, cream or icecream 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Custard 500g
  • 100g Caster Sugar 1 x Sainsbury's White Caster Sugar 500g
  • 550g Bramley Apples, peeled, cored, quartered and sliced 5 x Sainsbury's British Bramley Cooking Apples Loose
  • 1tbsp Icing Sugar, for dusting 1 x Sainsbury's Icing Sugar 500g
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