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Apple strudel (puff pastry)

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Apple strudel is usually made with strudel dough and not puff pastry but I had  ½ block  of puff pastry in the freezer and wanted to use it. I also still had apples from my last foraging trip so I decided to use both ingredients together. Hence apple strudel with puff pastry. I searched the internet for some recipes as my books had none and came up with a mix between Michael Wurm 's recipe ( https://inspiredbycharm.com/apple-strudel )  and Beth Pierce's recipe ( https://www.smalltownwoman.com/apple-strudel ) There is some work involved in this recipe and it is quite sweet. It really needs a small amount of glazing ( a lot less than what I used!) and a side scoop of ice-cream. Serves: 4 persons. Ingredients: ¼ cup raisins 2 tbsp rum 350g apples, peeled, cored and chopped ½ cup demerara sugar 1 tbsp butter 1 tbsp cornstach ½ tsp cinnamon ⅛ tsp nutmeg ¼ tsp salt 2 tbsp water ½ block puff pastry (250g) 1 egg For the glaze : ¼ cup icing sugar ¼  tsp vanilla past...