Chef Joeys Vegan Apple Strudel Recipes

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350'F.
• Put the margarine in a bowl big enough to accommodate 2 cups of milk.
• Put the sugar, cinnamon and salt into another bowl and mix well.
• Put the milk in a saucepan and heat until just before the boiling point.
• Pour the heated milk into the bowl with the margarine in it. Mix until the margarine is completely melted.
• In a 9x13" oven safe dish add the bread and raisins.
• Mix the egg replacer with water. I use 1 1/2 teaspoons of egg replacer and two tablespoons of warm water. Stir to incorporate.
• Gradually add the egg replacer to the milk mixture.
• Add in the cinnamon, sugar and salt mixture into the milk mixture. Mix this well.
• Pour the milk mixture over the bread and raisins and carefully move the bread around so that ll the pieces are soaked in the milk.
• Put the dish with the prepared bread pudding into a larger dish and put it into the preheated oven.
• Pour the hot water into the outer dish being careful not to get any in the pudding dish.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes.
• The custard should be creamy. Remember you didn't use eggs here so it won't be set exactly the same. As it cools it will firm up a bit.
• Serve either warm or cold, plain or with your favourite sauce.
• Bon Appetit.

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN BOSTON CREME MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine the milk, pudding mix and vanilla in the mixing bowl of a large mixer.
• Beat for about 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Place the mixture into the fridge for 15 minutes.
• Spoon the vanilla pudding into a pastry bag fitted with a medium plain tip.
• Fill the cupcakes by inserting the tip into the middle of each cupcake and pipe the filling inside. Use about 2 tablespoons per cupcake.
• Frost the cupcakes using the frosting recipe below and then put the cupcakes in the fridge to set.
• FOR THE VEGAN CHOCOLATE FROSTING.
• 1/2 cup raw cane sugar.
• 1/4 cup good quality cocoa powder.
• 1/4 cup soy milk.
• 2 tablespoons vegan margarine.
• 1 tablespoons light oil.
• 1/2 to 1 cup powdered vegan icing sugar.
• 1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
• Mix the sugar and cocoa powder in a small saucepan.
• Stir in the soy milk, oil and margarine.
• Heat to boiling and let boil for 3 minutes, sir occasionally.
• When finished, let cool, then add the vanilla and powdered sugar until you reach the desired icing consistency.
• Bon Appetit!

CHEF JOEY'S APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425'F.
• Put the currants in the orange juice and let them soak for about 15 minutes. Set aside.
• Grind your almonds. Set aside,.
• Thaw the puff pastry for 40 minutes.
• Heat the vegan margarine in a large saute pan.
• Add the prepared apples to the pan and cook until the apples start to turn golden.
• Drain the currants but save the orange juice. Take 4 tablespoons of the orange juice and add to the apples in the saute pan. Add the honey, Xylitol and soaked currants.
• Continue stirring the apple mixture over medium heat until the Xylitol and honey dissolve and apples are just tender.
• Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and leave to cool completely.
• Once the puff pastry has thawed, lay the sheets out on a counter (all of them) and gently roll with a rolling pin to seal the edges. The kind I use are square and have 2 seams down the middle. They can break, so its good to flatten them a little.
• Sprinkle 1/4 of the ground almonds on one half of each of the pastries.
• Drain the liquid out of the apple mixture.
• Divide the apple mixture on 1/2 of each of the 4 puff pastries. Sprinkle each with 1/4 teaspoons of ground cinnamon and 1 tablespoon of the soft brown sugar.
• Dip a pastry brush into the beaten egg and seal the edges around the apple mixture. Fold the top over and seal firmly, you don't want the apple to seep out.
• Using a pair of scissors, cut slits down the pastry to allow the steam to escape. Brush the top of the strudel with the egg wash.
• You can serve this warm with your favourite ice cream, or serve at room temperature with whipped cream. Or sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Bon Appetit!

FROSTED APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Strudel: Sift together flour, baking powder, 2 tbsp.
• sugar and salt.
• Mix in the shortening.
• Stir in the milk to make a soft dough.
• Knead 25-30 times on a lightly floured board.
• Roll out 1/4" thick.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Cover with the apples.
• Sprinkle with remaining 2/3 cup sugar, and the cinnamon.
• Starting at the long end, roll up like a jellyroll.
• Put it on a greased cookie sheet.
• Curve into a crescent shape.
• Bake about 30 minutes at 325F.
• or until done.
• Frosting: Combine confectioners' sugar, cinnamon, butter and evaporated milk.
• Frost the strudel while still warm.
• Sprinkle with the nuts.

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375'F and put your oven rack in the middle position.
• In a medium bowl combine the rum, lemon extract, sugar, salt and cinnamon. Mix together and set aside.
• Prepare your apples. I washed them, then used my food processor to slice them. I didn't peel my apples but did core them.
• I then put the apples into a large bowl and added the rum mixture and mixed well. Let this sit for a few minutes.
• You should see some moisture come out of the fruit. Save this and make a sauce out if it if you wish. I'm going to add a little arrowroot to it and heat it up and pour over the strudel when I serve it.
• Roll out your thawed puff pastry sheet to a 15x12 inch rectangle.
• Using a slotted spoon, place 1/2 the apple mixture onto the pastry leaving about 2" along the edges bare.
• Place 1 tablespoon of the cold vegan margarine cut into small pieces evenly on the top of the apple mixture and roll it up. Fold the edges at each end.
• Brush the whole strudel with the melted vegan margarine. Using a pair of scissors cut 3 slits evenly in the top and sprinkle with a little more cinnamon and sugar if you wish. I keep a mixture of this on hand for these types of recipes.
• Bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for 40 minutes, rotating the pan 1/2 way through the baking process until the pastry is puffed and brown.
• I had 1/2 cup of the rum mixture left. I mixed 2 teaspoons of arrowroot powder into the rum and gently hearted it until it boiled for a few minutes until thickened.
• I put this over the strudel and wow, was that delicious.
• Bon Appetit!