Courtesy Tim Schulte and David Mueller, co-executive chefs, Bauhaus Restaurant, Vancouver, BC
Bauhaus deconstructs a classic German apple strudel into a delicate, easy-to-assemble mille-feuille. At the restaurant, puff pastry and vanilla ice cream are made in-house, and the finished dessert is served with shavings of dried tonka bean, an aromatic legume that lends exotic whiffs of vanilla, dried fruits and cinnamon. Using store-bought ice cream and frozen puff pastry, this makes an impressive but quick dessert at home.
Published: January 9, 2018
Ingredients
Directions
Heat oven to 350˚F. On baking pan lined with parchment paper, unfold puff pastry sheets and cover each with second layer of parchment. Place additional baking pan on top to prevent pastry from rising.
Bake for 15–20 minutes, or until browned. Let cool. Using a sharp knife, cut 8 squares or circles 3 inches in diameter.
Reduce oven heat to 325˚F. In a large bowl, combine apples, sugar, lemon juice, rum, raisins, vanilla bean scrapings, walnuts and cinnamon. Spread mixture on separate sheet tray and bake for 10–15 minutes, or until apples soften. Let cool to room temperature.
Place 1–2 spoonfuls of apple mixture on top of 4 pastry pieces. Top each with second layer of pastry. Dust with powdered sugar. Serve with ice cream. Serves 4.
Pair It
Selbach-Oster 2015 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese (Mosel). For this sweetly spiced dessert, Klintworth recommends this late-harvest Riesling from the Mosel. With beautiful honey and dried apricot notes, and a refreshingly acidic finish, it’s “a master piece of German sweet wine,” he says.
