APPLE STRUDEL WITH CARAMEL SAUCE
For the caramel sauce:
75 g white sugar
75 g light brown sugar
50 g unsalted butter, cubed
200 ml cream
For the strudel:
1 square or rectangle of butter puff pastry (I used the one from Woolies, it’s just better)
1 tin of apples, thoroughly drained and chopped
1 large handful of pecan nuts, roughly chopped
1 large handful of seedless raisins
light brown sugar
cinnamon
1 egg, beaten
whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for serving

Place white and brown sugar in a deep saucepan and place on a medium-hot plate. Leave the sugar to melt. (Do not stir.)
Once the sugar is melted and a golden caramel colour, remove from the heat and add the butter, whisking until the butter is melted. (It will bubble up ferociously. This is perfectly normal so don’t get a fright, just keep on whisking.)
Then add the cream and salt and whisk until incorporated and smooth. Set aside.

Cover the pastry with the apples, then the nuts and raisins. Dust generously with cinnamon and sprinkle over sugar (how much sugar you use depends on how sweet your tooth is, but at least two tablespoons).
Roll it up like a Swiss roll (the pastry should be defrosted but ice cold and you need to work fast).

Brush with the egg and bake on a non-stick baking tray in a preheated 190 degree Celsius oven for 30 – 35 minutes until the pastry is cooked through and golden.
Dust with icing sugar and serve immediately with salted caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream.

Photo:  Bettie Venter

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING-Serve warm

a few slices Crustless bread (white or brown bread)
Butter
Coconut grated (optional) Cinamon + nutmeg sprinkled over bread + raisins in dish
70 ml Raisins (Nuts optional)
2 eggs, beaten with a pinch of salt
750 ml milk
125 ml sugar

How to
Butter bread generously.

Arrange bread in an ovenproof dish, if using coconut, sprinkle over the bread, including the spices if wanted

Sprinkle over the raisins. (+ nuts if used)

Cover with another layer of bread.

Bake at 160 celsius for 1 hour or until the top is browning lightly and the custard mixture is heaving underneath the bread.

Serve with Custard or Vanilla Ice Cream

Minky Swiegers