21/10/2025
APPLE STRUDEL BOMB
Forget your nan’s polite little strudel — this is the Apple Strudel Bomb, and it’s about to ruin your diet and your table manners.
INGREDIENTS
For the filling:
• 4 Bramley or Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced
• 50g soft brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp mixed spice
• Zest of 1 lemon
• A squeeze of lemon juice
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 25g butter
• Chopped raisins and flaked almonds
For the pastry bomb:
• 1 x 320g sheet ready-rolled puff pastry
• 1 tbsp demerara sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon sugar
• 1 egg
For the topping:
• Warm toffee or caramel sauce
• Crushed honeycomb
• Icing sugar for dusting (if you want a posh finish)
INSTRUCTIONS:
• Preheat the grill to 200°C. Use a flat plate, plancha or cast iron pan and preheat on the indirect
zone.
• In a bowl, mix the apples, brown sugar, spices, flour, lemon zest and juice. Let it sit for 10
minutes.
• Roll out the puff pastry and place it on a sheet of greaseproof paper.
• Spoon the apple mix down the centre third of the pastry lengthwise.
• Scatter the raisins and flaked almonds on top of the apples.
• Cut diagonal strips down the exposed sides of the pastry and criss-cross them over the filling
like a Viking braid.
• Brush with egg wash, sprinkle with demerara sugar, and add a dusting of cinnamon sugar.
• Slide the whole thing (paper and all) onto your hot BBQube tray or stone. Close the lid and bake
for 25–30 mins until puffed and golden.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
• Drizzle with warm toffee sauce.
• Drop on toasted marshmallows straight from the flame.
• Smash honeycomb over the top.
• Lightly dust with icing sugar.