Bulgarian strudel

On this rainy autumn morning, nothing sounded better than my mother's Bulgarian apple strudel. We just bought some golden delicious apples from the farmer's market yesterday and I had frozen phyllo dough. So, I got together the ingredients:

1 pack Athens phyllo dough (there are two packs inside the box, you will only need one)
3 large apples
1 cup chopped walnut
1 cup sugar
1/2 vegetable oil
2 tbs butter
cinnamon and lime juice to taste



Grate the apples and squeeze some of the juice out so that they are not too moist (makes a very yummy morning drink!), then mix with the rest of the ingredients. If you haven't thawed the phyllo dough ahead of time according to the package instructions, you can use your microwave on low for a few minutes. Then spread it out on a flat surface. Place about 1 spoonful of the mixture on top of the top pastry sheet, then roll up and place in the baking pan. Continue until you've used up all the apples. When placing the rolls in the pan, make sure they are tightly packed next to each other, leaving no air or space in the pan. It's OK to bend and twist them as necessary.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until golden brown.

Take out and sprinkle the surface with some of the juice from the apples or water and cover with a kitchen towel until it cools off, to make sure the pastry is soft. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.



Cut up in pieces, and eat!