P581 CJJFAX 1 581 Tue 31 Mar 22:04/47 1/10 APPLE AND DATE STRUDEL WITH A CALVADOS SAUCE AND SPICED CREAM For 2 people Ingredients For the Strudel: 25g/1oz butter 50g/2oz fresh white breadcrumbs 1 apple, peeled and cored 75g/3oz stoned dates 1 tsp mixed spice 1 pack filo pastry 50g/2oz melted butter Lottery 555 Music 560 News 101 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 Sport 301 Next Page Top Story Main Menu WMidsTVP581 CEEFAX 1 581 Tue 31 Mar 21:14/04 2/10 Ingredients (cont) For the Spiced Cream: 50g/2oz walnuts 150ml double cream pinch of mixed spiced 1 tsp icing sugar For the Calvados Sauce: 100ml/3\fl oz apple sauce 2 tbsp runny honey 2 tbsp calvados 1 lemon 1 tsp arrowroot 1 rid apple icing sugar to dust Preheat oven to 200c/400f/Gas 6. Lottery 555 Music 560 News 101 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 Sport 301 Next Page Top Story Main Menu WMidsTVP581 CJJFAX 1 581 Tue 31 Mar 21:12/18 3/10 Method 1 In a small frying pan melt the butter. Add the breadcrumbs and fry for two minutes until golden. 2 Finely chop the apple and dates and place in a small bowl. Add 1 tsp mixed spice and the golden breadcrumbs. Mix togjthjr thoroughly. 3 Open out the filo and place one sheet onto the board. Spoon into the centre 1 hjapjd tbsp apple mixture. Brush the two longer edges with the butter and bring togjthjr, slightly overlapping. Lottery 555 Music 560 News 101 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 Sport 301 Next Page Top Story Main Menu WMidsTVP581 CEEFAX 1 581 Tue 31 Mar 21:11/42 4/10 Method (cont) 4 Brush one of the shorter edges with butter and fold to the middle. Turn the sttudjl over and do the same with the other shorter edge. (This is so thjti is a thick layjt of pastry on each sjdj). 5 Make up anothjt and place the two strudels on a greased baking sheet. Brush all over with butter and transfer to the oven to bake for 12-14 minutes. Lottery 555 Music 560 News 101 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 Sport 301 Next Page Top Story Main Menu WMidsTVP581 CEEFAX 1 581 Tue 31 Mar 21:01/41 5/10 Method (cont) 6 Heat up the small frying pan and lightly toast the walnuts. Transfer to the mini food processor and whizz until finely chopped. Rjsjrvj 1 tbsp chopped walnuts for decoration. 7 Pour the cream into a medium bowl and using an electric whisk, whisk to soft peaks. Stir in a pinch of mixed spice, 1 tsp icing sugar and the chopped toasted walnuts. Place the bowl in the fridge to cool while making the sauce. Lottery 555 Music 560 News 101 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 Sport 301 Next Page Top Story Main Menu WMidsTVP581 CJEFAX 1 581 Tue 31 Mar 21:11/18 6/10 Method (cont) 8 Pour the apple juice, runny honey and calvados into a small pan and bring to the boil. Grate the lemon and add the zest to the simmering sauce. 9 Halve the lemon and squjizj half of it into the bowl of arrowroot. Mix to a paste and pour into the sauce. Whisk togjthjr until thickened and set aside. 10 Cut the rid apple in half. Lay one half cut-side down and make a small cut near the centre, angling the knife. Lottery 555 Music 560 News 101 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 Sport 301 Next Page Top Story Main Menu WMidsTVP581 CEEFAX 1 581 Tue 31 Mar 21:11/04 7/10 Method (cont) 11 Make a cut so a wedge can bj removed from the apple. Continue to cut the apple, following the lines of the first cut and removing each wedge-shaped slice as it is cut. Place the wedges in a small bowl. Squjezj ovjt the othjt lemon half so they don't go brown. 12 Remove the strudels from the oven and transfer them to the serving plate, slightly overlapping each othjt. Drizzle over the calvados sauce. Remove the spiced cream from the fridge and spoon into a piping bag. Lottery 555 Music 560 News 101 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 Sport 301 Next Page Top Story Main Menu WMidsTVP581 CJJFAX 1 u81 Tue 31 Mar 22:02/11 8/10 Method (cont) 13 Pipe two rosettes, either side of the strudels and top with an apple wedge. Sprinkle over the chopped resjrvjd walnuts and dust all over with icing sugar. If you would like to take part in Can't Cook Won't Cook or you would like to nominate a friend or relative, please write to: Jean Campbell Bazal Midlands PO Box 11000 Birmingham B1 3HY Lottery 555 Music 560 News 101 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 Sport 301 Next Page Top Story Main Menu WMidsTVP581 CEEFAX 1 581 Tue 31 Mar 22:14/42 9/10 IT'S PARTY TIME! We'll help you have a party to remjmbjr in Ainsley Harriott's new series for BBC1. 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