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Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 65 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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Guests may raise their eyebrows when you tell them the ingredients in this special appetizer. But after one taste, they're raising their hands for the recipe!Carole Resnick, Cleveland, Ohio Ingredients:
1 cup finely chopped mushrooms |
1 small onion, finely chopped |
1/2 cup butter, divided |
2 small pears, peeled and thinly sliced |
3/4 cup shredded gruyere or swiss cheese |
1/3 cup sliced almonds |
1 tablespoon stone-ground mustard |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1/4 teaspoon pepper |
10 sheets phyllo dough (14 inches x 9 inches) |
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese |
Directions:
1. In a large skillet, cook mushrooms and onion in 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in pears; cook 3 minutes longer. Remove from the heat; stir in the Gruyere, almonds, mustard, salt and pepper. Cool to room temperature.
2. Melt remaining butter. Place one sheet of phyllo dough on a work surface; brush evenly with butter. Sprinkle with 1-1/2 teaspoons Parmesan cheese. Layer with four more sheets of phyllo, brushing each sheet with butter and sprinkling with cheese. (Keep remaining phyllo dough covered with plastic wrap and a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.)
3. Spread half of the pear mixture in a 2-in.-wide strip along a short side of dough. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with the pear side; pinch seams to seal. Brush with butter. Transfer to a parchment paper-lined 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
4. Repeat with remaining phyllo, butter, Parmesan cheese and pear mixture.
5. Bake at 375° for 16-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes. Cut each strudel into 12 slices. Yield: 2 strudels (12 slices each).
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