DINE+WINE | in the kitchen
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Ingredients 2 medium organic (Honey Crisp if possible) apples or 1 1/2 cups raspberries, blueberries or other 1/4 cup raisins (only if using apples) 3 tbsp coconut sugar 1 tsp cinnamon (omit if using raspberries) 1 egg white 1/2 a sheet (lengthwise) chilled and defrosted puff pastry (DuFour brand is best and closest to homemade) Instructions: Roll out the pastry on a piece of parchment paper an inch bigger on every side and chill. Mix coconut sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside. Cut the apples with skin on (discarding the core) into small chunks and cook in a pan over medium heat with the melted butter, two tbsp of the sugar mixture and raisins for about 5-7 minutes until slightly softened. Sprinkle a tablespoon of the sugar 64
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Body Hugging Strudel
mixture over the pastry sheet. Place the apple or soft fruit mixture down the center of the pastry lengthwise leaving a third of the pastry empty on both sides and an inch at the top and bottom of the pastry. Make diagonal cuts in the pastry (about 45 degrees) down both sides of the fruit mixture just to the fruit at equal ½-inch intervals. Brush all four sides of the pastry with egg white. At each end, fold the end bits of pastry over and then starting at one end fold a pastry strip from one side across to the other side covering the filling and then on the opposite side of that fold a strip coming over the filling so that it forms a lattice. Continue down the pastry to the end and then brush the top and sides with egg white. Chill until ready to bake. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes at 350F convection (or 375F) on the middle rack in the oven until golden brown. Serve warm from the oven or room temperature sliced across either on its own for breakfast or with ice cream for an elegant dessert. Serves about 6-8.
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Almost as good as a hug and easy peasy to make! Kids will love help making this little gem. The strudel uses apples or whatever soft fruit you have on hand, which makes the transition from winter to spring effortless. This recipe is low glycemic so it can be served for breakfast, a mid-morning or afternoon tea snack, and even as dessert. This spring treat yourself and your family to ‘an apple a day wrapped in a cozy puff pastry blanket’ and give yourself a little hug.
Jill Dahan lives in Cornelius and is the author of Starting Fresh! Recipes for Life. You can learn more about her at www.jilldahan.com. To learn more about her nonprofit, Sunninghill Jill Kids, visit www.sunninghilljillkids.org.
