Apple & cherry strudel

By Lee

Ingredients

• 3 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
• 680 g btl morello cherries, drained
• 100 g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons kirsch (optional)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Melted butter, to grease
• 10 sheets filo pastry
• 60 g butter, melted
• 100 g pkt almond meal
• Pure icing sugar, to dust
• Whipped cream, to serve

Preparation

Step 1

Step 1
Combine the apple, cherries, sugar, lemon juice, kirsch and cinnamon in a large glass or ceramic bowl. Set aside for 2 hours to macerate. Drain.
Step 2
Preheat oven to 180ºC. Lightly brush a baking tray with butter. Place the filo on a clean work surface. Cover with a dry tea towel, then a damp tea towel (this prevents it drying out). Brush 1 filo sheet with melted butter. Top with another filo sheet. Brush with melted butter. Repeat with melted butter and remaining filo. Sprinkle with the almond meal. Place the filling along 1 long side, leaving a 6cm-wide border at each end. Fold in the ends and roll up firmly to enclose. Place, seam-side-down, on the prepared tray. Brush with remaining butter.
Step 3
Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Dust with icing sugar. Serve with whipped cream.