Harvest festival fruit strudels

16 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Sugar
½ cup Port or other sweet red wine
1 tablespoon Grated orange rind
⅓ cup Fresh orange juice
2 packs (8 oz) dried mixed friut; diced
1 3-inch cinnamon stick
5⅓ cup Diced cooking apple; (about 2 pounds)
¼ cup Stick margarine
4 teaspoons Vegetable oil
½ cup Dry breadcrumbs
½ teaspoon Freshly grated nutmeg
16 Sheets frozen phyllo dough; thawed
Cooking spray

Directions

1. Combine first 6 ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Cover, reduce heat and simmer fruit mixture 35 minutes or until liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally. Remove fruit mixture from heat and stir in apple. Cool, uncovered and discard cinnamon stick.

2. Combine the margarine and oil in a small saucepan; cook over low heat until the margarine melts, stirring well. Combine the breadcrumbs and nutmeg in a small bowl.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

4. Place 1 phyllo sheet on a large cuting board or work surface (cover the remaining dough to keep from drying) and lightly brush with margarine mixture. Sprinkle 1- ½ tsp of the breadcrumb mixture lengthwise down the 4- inch center section of phyllo. Spoon ⅓ cup of fruit mixture onto the breadcrumb mixture about 2- inches from one short end, spreading fruit mixture to form a 4 x 2- inch rectangle.

5. Fold one long side of phyllo over filling and repeat with other long side, overlapping the phyllo. Starting at short edge with filling, roll up phyllo jelly-roll fashion. (Do not roll tightly, or the strudel may split.) Place strudel, seam side down on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.

Lightly coat strudel with cooking spray. Repeat procedure with the remaining phyllo, margarine mixture, breadcrumb mixture, and fruit mixture.

6. Bake for 30 minutes or until strudel is golden brown Serve warm or at room temperature.

Recipe taken from an article entitled "Sweet Remembrances" by Greg Patent.

Recipe by: Cooking Light Magazine October 1997 p. 119 Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest V97 #307 by Linda Shapiro <lss@...> on Nov 24, 1997

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