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Apricot Strudel

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Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

 
Holy strudel! The moment I saw Heather Christo’s mouth-watering recipe for Apricot Strudel, I knew I had to make it as soon as possible. Apricots are in season now, and these sweet little gems are just flooding the farmers market. I hadn’t made a strudel in years (and never an apricot one!), and was looking forward to playing with some fillo dough. Heather’s strudel turned out a little prettier than mine (I credit her fillo dough handling abilities to the fact that she married a Greek), but wow, was it ever delicious! The apricots could have easily been mistaken for peaches in this flaky strudel, and it was the perfect summer dessert. But don’t believe me—try it yourself! I guarantee it will make an apricot fan out of you for life.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

Here’s what you need! Actually, you need all this plus all-purpose flour. I realized I forgot the flour right after I uploaded this photo.

Simple ingredients, really. Just make sure you leave yourself enough time to defrost your fillo dough before starting! Fillo dough defrosts at room temperature in about two hours and trust me, you don’t want to attempt working with this stuff until it has defrosted—-these tissue paper-thin pastry sheets tear easily.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

First, melt a stick of butter. You’ll need every bit of this stick for brushing on the fillo dough. This is what will make your strudel so perfectly crisp and golden. After your butter has melted, set it aside.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

Slice your apricots and toss them into a bowl with 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

Then add two tablespoons of flour and a pinch of cinnamon. It should look all delicious and juicy—just like a pie filling.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

Now here is where things could get a little complicated … but not really. You’ll see! Open your box of defrosted fillo dough and place ONE super-thin sheet on a parchment paper (or Silpat-lined) baking sheet. Brush that sheet well with the melted butter.

A great tip here is to cover the fillo dough with a wet paper towel while you work. This will prevent it from drying out and cracking.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

After you have brushed the butter on your sheet of fillo, carefully grab two more sheets from the package (remember to cover the remaining up with the wet paper towel!). Place these two sheets on top of the buttery sheet, the opposite way.

Proceed to drench in butter.

Repeat this process (laying one sheet down, brushing with butter, then topping with two sheets going the opposite way) until you have eight buttery fillo layers, or until you use up your box of fillo. I did the latter.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

Pour the sugary apricots down the center of the fillo dough in as skinny of a line as you can make.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

Then, fold the outer “wings” of dough in and start rolling up your strudel like you would roll up an egg roll. You want the ends of the strudel to be as tucked in as you can get so none of that beautiful apricot filling escapes. (See Heather’s blog post for photos of how she did hers!)

Brush your strudel with the remaining melted butter then stick her in a 400ºF oven for half an hour.

 
 
 
Tasty Kitchen Blog: Apricot Strudel. Guest post by Jenna Weber of Eat, Live, Run; recipe submitted by Heather of Heather Christ Cooks.

And there ya go! She’s a beauty all right, and you can’t even (really) tell that I tore some of the fillo dough accidently.

Serve this warm with powdered sugar dusted on top of with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Thank you, Heather, for this lovely recipe! It’s a keeper, for sure. Check out her blog, Heather Christo Cooks, for more of her great recipes. (You can find the strudel recipe below for printing, so you don’t splatter that melted butter on your laptop like I just did. Oops.)

 
 

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Apricot Strudel

See post on Heather Christo’s site!
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Tender, sweet and tart apricots wrapped in buttery, flaky filo dough make a fast and easy strudel!

Ingredients

  • 1 stick Butter
  • 8  Apricots, Sliced
  • ¼ cups Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Flour
  • 1 pinch Cinnamon
  • ½ packages (16 Oz. Size) Filo Dough

Preparation Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Prepare a sheet pan with a Silpat or parchment paper.
2. In a small pan, melt the butter over low heat. Set aside.
3. Slice the apricots into thin wedges and set them in a bowl.
4. Sprinkle the apricots with sugar, flour and cinnamon. Gently toss everything to coat.
5. Lay a single sheet of filo down in the pan. Brush the sheet with butter.
6. Then lay 2 sheets of filo dough in the opposite direction, overlapping. Brush them with butter.
7. Continue this process of 1 sheet followed by 2 sheets until you have 8 layers of filo dough.
8. Spread the apricots out on the filo dough in a line.
9. Pull the filo dough up and over the apricots and then roll it like a spring roll until the edge of the filo dough is tucked under the strudel.
10. Tuck the ends under. Brush the whole outside of the streudel generously with the rest of the melted butter.
11. Bake the strudel at 400ºF for 30 minutes or until the fruit is soft and the pastry is golden brown.

 
 
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Jenna is a food writer who has worked as a pastry chef and bread baker. Her blog Eat, Live, Run has great recipes, travel stories, and the perfect slogan: “Celebrating life, one crumb at a time.”

 

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Megan {Country Cleaver} on 8.1.2012

Strudel in all forms is the stuff dreams are made of and no doubt Heather has got the key to happiness all figured out in this!! Gorgeously delicious post doll :)

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Laurie - Simply Scratch on 8.1.2012

Love this!

Judy on 7.31.2012

Just purchased a peck of peaches and am anxious to try your strudel recipe using peaches instead of apricots since I don’t have those.

Mark Dutch oven Cookbooks on 7.31.2012

I’ve got to try this in my Dutch ovens! I love pretty much everything I’ve ever tried that uses Filo Dough!

Jayne on 7.30.2012

Oh man! My mom loves apple strudel. About time I made her some. Thanks!

Jan S. on 7.30.2012

Margaret,

My Dad’s parents were Greek so I’ve had some experience with phyllo and Greek dishes using it. I always lay a damp/moist dish towel on top of the pile of sheets of phyllo that I take from and then butter each sheet used in the recipe. So the towel is placed on the “take from” pile to keep those sheets from drying out before you take each sheet and butter it for use in the dish being made. Phyllo can be used in so many things. So delicious
and crisp.

Colleen on 7.30.2012

Our peach trees are almost ready to give us more delicious peaches than we can eat — and I plan to make this with them.

Thanks!

Oh, and margaret, I believe she meant to put the paper towels on the dough you haven’t used yet. It was a little confusing.

margaret on 7.30.2012

Maybe I’m clueless (actually, there’s no “maybe” about it), but how do you get the wet paper towels out? The ones you lay down on each layer? I’m sure I’ve missed something incredibly simple and I’ll be embarrassed … but not as embarrassed as serving strudel layered with paper. Thanks!

Travis Cotton on 7.30.2012

Man I love a good strudel!

Gena@BakeAllTheThings! on 7.30.2012

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

I’d loooove to try this with blackberries, or peaches, or blueberries and lemon cream! Ohhhh the possibilities!!

Heather (Heather's Dish) on 7.30.2012

i seriously died when i saw this on heather’s blog – and i’m drooling again now!

Allyn on 7.30.2012

I would just like you to mail me a piece. I think it’d be way too dangerous to have that much in my house.
Jenna, I just keep falling in love with your recipes! I now make your red beans and rice at least once a month to keep my sweet husband happy as can be! (http://lollingabout.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/foodie-friday-perfect-red-beans-and-rice/)

Amber Potter on 7.30.2012

Yum! This strudel looks delicious, and the apricot filling sounds wonderful!

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The Church Cook (Kay Heritage) on 7.30.2012

Holy streudel it is! Wow! What simple but beautiful recipe! Great recipe Heather! Let me go wipe off drool on my key board…… great post, Jenna!