Strudel - Any Fruit
- 1 batch puff pastry (#451679 or store bought-use 2 sheets)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups fruit (be creative, use seasonal)
- 12 cup brown sugar (white could be used if better with that fruit)
- 1 teaspoon orange zest (lemon or lime good)
- 14 cup nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds, pistachio, etc)
- 34 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 14 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Melt butter over medium heat.
- Add fruit and cook until tender.
- When almost done, add sugar, zest and nuts.
- Stir until sugar has melted, glazing the fruit.
- Use your imagination to further spice it.
- Assembly:.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- On floured surface roll 1/2 the puff pastry (or get it, thawed, out of the package) and place a sheet of puff pastry on a silpat lined sheet (no silpat -grease it).
- Along each side of the pastry, make angled slits 1 inch apart from the edge to 1/2 inch less than 1/3 the way across.
- Spread half the fruit mixture down the center.
- Fold the cut sides over the top in a criss cross pattern.
- Pinch the end closed with a fork.
- Repeat to make a 2nd strudel.
- Bake 20-30 minutes, or until golden.
- Glaze:.
- Combine glaze ingredients and whisk to blend.
- If you want it thinner, add milk by .5 tsp fulls.
- Drizzle over the warm strudel.
batch, butter, fruit, brown sugar, orange zest, nuts, confectioners, milk, vanilla
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/strudel-any-fruit-452158 (may not work)