Annurca apple strudel

A Campania variation of the more famous and loved Alto Adige sweet: apfelstrudel or apple strudel 

Ingredients: 

For the dough:  150g refined white flour, 100ml warm water, 1 tablespoon oil and a pinch of salt.

For the filling:  700g Annurca apples, 120g brown sugar, 30g butter, 3 tablespoons of rum, 30g pine nuts, 30g raisins, 40g vanilla flavored breadcrumbs, the grated peel of ½  lemon, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, melted butter as needed to brush the dough and confectioner’s sugar.

Directions: 

In a bowl mix the flour together with the oil and salt and then add the warm water and mix quickly until all the water has been absorbed.

Put the dough on a board covered in flour and knead it with your hands until it becomes soft and very elastic.

Wrap the dough in plastic and let sit for around 30 minutes at room temperature.

Melt the butter in a pan and toast the breadcrumbs until they are golden-brown and then remove them from the heat and mix in the grated lemon peel and cinnamon.

Peel and cut the apples into thin slices and mix in a bowl with the raisins, pine nuts, brown sugar and rum. Keep to the side.

Roll the dough out on a cotton cloth until it become almost transparent-thin and then stretch it  outwards using your knuckles to lift it round.

Place the stretched dough back on the cloth and sprinkle it with the breadcrumbs and then spread the apple filling over leaving free an edge of around 3cm.

Roll up the strudel using the cloth and then crush and seal the ends.

Place the strudel on a flat pan covered in baking paper, brush it with melted butter and bake in an oven pre-heated to 180°C for about 45 minutes when it begins to brown.

Serve sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar and accompanied by warm Chantilly cream.

Pairing: 

Apfetsaft Elstar Gourmet Single-variety Kohl - Apple Juice from the mountain 

An unusual pairing to suggest to wine lovers, but you should try. Kohl is a South Tyroler producer of apple juice from the mountain, with incomparable taste. In Ritten, which sits almost 1000 meters above sea level, you will find a range of apple juices made using natural gourmet ingredients of the utmost quality.

The measures taken with such love and attention in the vineyards of South Tyrol are also applied in Kohl's apple orchards: the same careful selection of varieties, the loving care provided throughout the year, and the principle that the taste and quality of the juice are determined while the apples are on the tree. Each of their mountain apple varieties develops in truly individual style, with unique aromas and structure. The wealth of flavors to be found in a single apple is captured in their single-variety gourmet juices.

Apple variety: Elstar, a cheerful variety of apple, Dutch by birth, with a widely branched family. The apples have a firm and very juicy flesh, which makes them ideal for eating straight off the tree.

Organoleptic characteristics: with a fine tart to sweet taste and a hint of lemon, the Elstar variety produces apple juices that are luscious, refreshing and aromatic on the palate. The juice is pressed from ripe hand-picked mountain apples with yellow to white coloring. Depending on the amount of sun they receive, the color can also develop into a bright red.

Serving temperature: 8-12°C

Kohl - Succhi di mele di montagna 
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