Almás Rétes (Hungarian Apple Strudel)

Name: Almás Rétes (Hungarian Apple Strudel)
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 6 cooking apples, peeled and grated; 80g caster sugar; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 50g raisins; 50g fresh breadcrumbs; 100g butter, melted; 8 filo pastry sheets; 2 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting

Crisp, flaky filo layers around soft cinnamon apples, an easy take on the Hungarian classic.

Time1 hr
LevelMedium
Costabout £0.62 a head
Oven190°C (170°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

8 servings

Ingredients

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6cooking applespeeled and grated
80 gcaster sugar
2 tspground cinnamon
50 graisins
50 gfresh breadcrumbs
100 gbuttermelted
8filo pastry sheets
2 tbspicing sugarfor dusting

Method

1
Heat the oven to 190°C (170°C fan). Mix the apples, caster sugar, cinnamon and raisins and squeeze out any extra juice.
2
Fry the breadcrumbs in 20 g of the butter for 3 minutes until golden.
3 min
3
Layer the filo sheets on a tea towel, brushing each with melted butter, then scatter with the crumbs.
4
Spoon the apple along one long edge. Roll up tightly using the tea towel and tuck in the ends.
5
Slide onto a lined tray, seam side down, and brush with butter.
6
Bake for 35 minutes until deep golden and crisp.
35 min
7
Cool for 10 minutes, dust with icing sugar and cut into slices.

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