![]() ![]() While cooking the apples, you will see a lot of juices being released from the apples. When peeling and chopping the apples, keep them in water with lemon juice, as they oxidize and become brown. I made the apple pie filling with our apples, brown cane sugar, cinnamon, cloves, raisins and walnuts. I had some phyllo in the fridge so instead of making an apple strudel, I decided to use it to make this Milopita and more applesauce. One day, after a Fall storm, with strong winds lots of apples fell down. I do not remember the name, but when I have time, I will go through my pictures to see if I can find it.Īnyway, these apples are perfect for apple pies or applesauce as they are firm and tart. When planting our apple tree, 5 – 6 years ago, I remember taking pictures of the name of the variety. The best are those which are firm and tart or sweet.īefore our apple tree gave us apples, my favourite variety was Granny Smith, but I also like using Golden or Red Delicious, Jonagold, Starking delicious and Golden Russets, known in Greece as “Mila Tripoleos”. There are many varieties of apples but not all apples are good to make apple pies. I needed to thicken those juices, so I made a pudding mixture, with semolina, milk and an egg, which I mixed in the cooked apples in order to set those juices. I cooked the apples with spices and during the cooking process, a lot of juices were released. Instead of making the classic apple pie crust, I took a shortcut using Greek phyllo pastry. mee-LOH-pee-tah means apple pie and Bougatsa (μπουγάτσα) is a Greek custard pie, which I combined the two recipes to make this apple pie with apples from our garden. Sprinkle with icing sugar before serving.Milopita Bougatsa is a Greek Apple Pie, made with cooked apples and spices, which are then thickened with a semolina pudding and enclosed in phyllo. Slice into 40-50mm thick slices to serve.Place in the pre-heated oven for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown.Then brush with the remaining melted butter and cover with the sliced almonds. Score the pastry lightly where you intend to cut it into slices after baking. Place the strudel on a baking tray covered in baking parchment, with the seam side down.Then fold over the ends of the strudel and roll into a long sausage-shaped form with the dishcloth. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs on the top of the filo pastry and then add the apple filling in the middle, leaving space on the outside to roll the pastry.Peel, de-core and slice the apples and then mix them in a bowl with the cinnamon, sultanas, walnuts, lemon juice and light brown sugar. Do this with all the filo pastry, one by one. Brush with melted butter and add the second sheet. Then lay the first one on a dishcloth (see pictures). ![]() If you do, please let me know how you get on in the comments section below! How to make mini apple strudels I hope yours turn out as good as mine did! So I found that it is better to reheat the strudel in the oven as that keeps the filo nice and crispy.Īpple strudels are great to eat for breakfast – why not make one for your Christmas celebration? A nice alternative sweet treat for the family. I kept some of this apple strudel overnight in a sealed container in the fridge and reheated it in the microwave, but this did make the pastry a little bit soggy. Use whichever you can get your hands on.Īs mentioned, the filo pastry is quite brittle, so to cut through it you will need a sharp edge like a knife or the side of a fork, which is what I used. ![]() Strudel is delicious when eaten with whipped cream, ice cream, clotted cream or custard. I think it is better to eat warm, but you can eat it cold if you want. So it would certainly be at home served up for afternoon tea. This recipe gave an apple strudel that was big enough to produce about 9-10 mini apple strudels.Īpple strudel is a pastry that is eaten a little bit as cake would be. It also meant I could limit the amount of sugar that I added to the filling. So I used some French-origin Gala apples in this recipe, which are sweet eating-apples and it worked out fine. ![]()
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