Cherry Strudel

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 8 sheets phyllo pastry, thawed
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 5 cups pitted cherries
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch (for thickening)
• 2 tablespoons grated lemons, zest of
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 to prepare filling:.
• 2 mix granulated sugar, brown sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan.
• 3 add in cherries, water, lemon zest and vanilla.
• 4 cook over medium heat until thickened then reduce to low heat.
• 5 add spices,continue cooking for 15 minutes.
• 6 stir occasionally.
• 7 remove pan from heat and cool completely.
• 8 grease baking sheet.
• 9 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 10 prepare pastry:.
• 11 open folded phyllo sheets to lie flat.
• 12 stack 4 sheets on a plastic wrap.
• 13 brush top sheet with 1 tbsp melted butter.
• 14 spread half filling along a short side of top pastry sheet.
• 15 starting with short side and using plastic wrap as a guide, roll up pastry.
• 16 fold ends under.
• 17 place strudel, seam side down on baking sheet.
• 18 brush with 1/2 tbsp melted butter.
• 19 repeat process with balance of ingredients.
• 20 bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden.
• 21 transfer baking sheets to a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes.
• 22 cut when completely cool.
• 23 sprinkle confectioner's sugar for deco.