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Vegan Apple and Rhubarb Strudel
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Vegan Apple and Rhubarb Strudel

This Vegan Apple and Rhubarb Strudel is a fun twist on a classic Austrian dish. Serve it with vegan ice cream or crème fraîche.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Austrian
Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: apple, cardamom, filo pastry, rhubarb, vanilla, walnuts
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

  • 150 g caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 4 cardamom pods
  • 3 dessert apples roughly 200 g once peeled and diced
  • 200 g rhubarb chopped into 1 cm pieces
  • 100 g walnuts chopped
  • 8 sheets filo pastry
  • 50 g vegan butter melted
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to 200 C/ 400 F/gas 6.
  • Add 100g of the sugar, seeds from the vanilla pod, cardamom, rhubarb and apple to a sauce pan and cook for 10 - 15 minutes until the fruit becomes tender.
  • Remove from the heat and leave to cool. If there is a lot of liquid, remove the fruit only using a slotted spoon.
  • Remove the cardamom pods.
  • Stir the walnuts through the fruit mix.
  • Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • Place a sheet of filo pastry on to the tray then brush with melted butter.
  • Sprinkle over 1 tsp of caster sugar.
  • Repeat the process with 3 more layers of filo pastry.
  • Divide the fruit mix along the shorter edge of the pastry sheets and roll into a log, tucking in the ends as you roll.
  • Brush with more melted butter and sprinkle over the last of the sugar.
  • Bake for 25 mins, or until the pastry is golden brown and crisp.
  • Once cool, dust with the icing sugar and then serve.