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Apfelstrudel (Apple strudel) is a traditional pastry of many countries, that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire (Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, etc.), and is the most widely known kind of strudel.
Apple strudel consists of an oblong strudel pastry jacket with a filling of chopped apples, sugar, cinnamon, raisins and bread crumbs. Rum is sometimes used to add flavour. Other ingredients include pine nuts, walnuts, or slivered almonds. The art of preparation is in making the pastry very thin and elastic; it is said that a single layer should be so thin you could read a newspaper through it.
The filled Apfelstrudel is baked in an oven and can be served warm, usually sprinkled with powdered sugar. The preferred traditional way to serve it is while the strudel is still warm, adding sugar to taste, though vanilla ice cream, or whipped cream, are also very popular.
To bake a juicy Apfelstrudel, Elstar apples are recommended. The apples chosen should be good cooking apples, tart, crisp and aromatic.
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