Czech strudel

This recipe makes 3 strudels of 4 servings each


1 Phyllo dough package from frozen part of supermarket
3 large Granny Smith apples peeled and cut in slices
3 sticks of unsalted butter (12 oz)
2 bags Panko bread crumbs (Japanese bread crumbs) 7oz
3 cups walnuts
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup white raisins
5 tbsp dark rum
4 lemons
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt


Set Phyllo dough on counter top to unfreeze. Package has 18 leaves of dough. Use 6 leaves per strudel. It makes 3 strudels.
Zest all lemons.
Prepare apples, peel and cut. Put into juice of 4 lemons, mix ( important for flavor and to keep apples from darkening).
Process 1 1/2 cups of walnuts in food processor.
Cook raisins with rum for 10 min and let sit over night.
Take one stick of butter and saute all Panko bread on it until golden.
Mix 1 cup of sugar, Panko bread, processed walnuts, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, salt.
1 1/2 cups of walnuts cut into chunks.
Drain raisins.
Drain apples add 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, raisins, cut walnuts mix.

Warm your oven to 350F.

Open dough and separate into 3 parts of 6 pcs. Wrap 2 parts so they do not dry. Take one part and separate into 3 parts (2 sheets each). Take two sheets, brush with liquid butter put mixture of bread crumbs on, put other two sheets on, butter, bread crumbs mixture, third 2 sheets brush with butter, put bread crumbs mixture on, apples, cut walnuts, raisins.
Roll all into roll put on baking sheet and repeat two more times.
Melt one stick of butter (4 oz) and brush on prepared three strudels.
Bake for 30 min, turn half way in oven.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar, cut and serve with scoop of ice cream.