Prune and Goat Cheese Strudel
Try our healthier strudel recipe! Prunes and goat cheese rolled in puff pastry are baked until golden for a unique appetizer or dessert.
What is a strudel?
A strudel is a delicious pastry! A thin layer of pastry dough is topped with a sweet or savory filling, rolled and then baked. The characteristic swirl that you’ll see when the strudel is cut is actually how the pasty got its name. Strudel is an old German word for “whirlpool”.
What is strudel filled with?
Strudels can be filled with either sweet or savory ingredients. We chose to use a prune and goat cheese combination. In our humble opinion, it’s the best of both worlds. Prunes provide a natural sweetness, while goat cheese offers an irresistible tang.
What ingredients are used to make this recipe?
This scrumptious recipe calls for just a few simple ingredients. We use packaged puff pastry to simplify things, but if you’re an ambitious baker, feel free to make your own from scratch!
You’ll need:
Puff Pastry Sheets
Prunes
Goat Cheese
Chives
Store-bought or homemade Apple Butter
Egg
Naturally sweet
This scrumptious strudel calls for no added sugar! Because prunes are naturally sweet, they are an obvious choice for a healthy sugar alternative. In addition to reducing (or eliminating) the need for refined sugar in your favorite recipes, prunes are a healthy powerhouse and provide many essential vitamins and minerals that will level up the nutritional value of any recipe! Prunes are low glycemic and loaded with fiber, polyphenols, boron, potassium, and Vitamin K which collectively can contribute to gut health, reduced inflammation, cancer prevention, blood sugar control, bone health, and reduced cholesterol!
Prune and Goat Cheese Strudel
Ingredients
- 1/2 package 17.3 ounce-size frozen puff pastry sheets (1 sheet)
- 1 cup pitted Prunes, chopped
- 1/2 cup apple butter
- 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced chives
- 1 egg lightly beaten with 1 TBSP water
Instructions
- Thaw pastry at room temperature 30 minutes. Heat oven to 400°F (205C).
- In small bowl, combine Prunes, apple butter, goat cheese and chives; mix well and set aside.
- Unfold pastry onto lightly floured surface. Roll to 14 x 10 inch / 25 x 35 cm rectangle. Beginning at the long end, roll up pastry in jelly roll fashion; pinch seams and ends to seal. Place on baking sheet. With a sharp knife, cut diagonal slits, one inch apart, across top of pastry. Brush with egg mixture.
- Spread Prune mixture over pastry, covering to within one inch of either end.
- Brush all edges with egg mixture.
- Beginning at the long end, roll up pastry in jelly roll fashion.
- Pinch seams and ends to seal. Place on baking sheet.
- With a sharp knife, cut diagonal slits, one inch apart, across top of pastry. Brush with egg mixture.
- Bake 25 minutes until golden. Cool on baking sheet on wire rack 20 minutes.
- To serve, cut into 12 slices along diagonal cuts.
Notes
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