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Apple and cinnamon strudel

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  • Suitable for vegetarians

  • Serves: 8

  • Prep. time: 25 minutes

  • Cook time: 25-30 minutes

  • Total time: Over 60 Minutes

  • Syns per serving:  Extra Easy: 4½   Red:  4½   Green: 4½

Ingredients

 

700g cooking apples

25g sultanas

½ level tsp cinnamon

Grated zest of 1 lemon

Artificial sweetener, to taste

Low calorie cooking spray

4 x small sheets filo pastry

25g low-fat spread, melted

1 level tsp icing sugar, for dusting

 

Method

 

1) Peel and core the cooking apples and slice them thinly. Mix in a bowl with the sultanas, cinnamon and lemon zest. Sweeten to taste with artificial sweetener.

 

2) Spray a large baking sheet with low calorie cooking spray and place a sheet of filo pastry on top. Brush very lightly with the low-fat spread and then cover with a second sheet. Repeat with the remaining two sheets, brushing with more low-fat spread.

 

3) Spoon the apple filling onto the pastry lengthways, leaving the pastry uncovered at the edges. Now roll up from one long side into a cylinder, with the pastry join underneath. Pinch the ends of the cylinder to seal in the filling.

 

4) Brush with the remaining melted low-fat spread and then bake in a preheated oven at 190°C/170°C Fan/Gas Mark 5 for 25-30 minutes, until the pastry is crisp and golden brown.

 

5) Cool slightly before dusting with icing sugar and cutting into thin slices to serve.

 

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