Published: November 11, 2010Updated: 10:22 November 19, 2012
Savory Vegetarian Strudel
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 small yellow onions, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 28 oz canned tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1/3 cup red wine
- 8 oz canned button mushrooms, rinsed and sliced
- Salt and pepper
- 10 oz phyllo pastry dough
- ½ cup butter
- 1/3 cup cashew nuts, chopped
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
- Heat oil in a large saucepan
- Sautee onions until tender, careful not to brown
- Add garlic, undrained tomatoes, basil, wine.
- Let the mixture simmer gently, stirring often until the liquid is gone (about 20 minutes.)
- Add mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes
- Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Strudel Assembly:
- Lay 1 sheet of phyllo dough directly on baking sheet.
- Brush with melted butter and sprinkle 1/3 of the nuts on
- Repeat layers until there are 3 layers
- Brush top layer with butter. Pour filling mixture on top and spread it to about 1 inch from edge of dough
- Fold edges over to enclose the filling
- Starting from the widest edges, roll up like a Swiss Roll, trying not to let it break.
- Brush top with melted butter
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.