Day 26 - Blueberry Strudel

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Today I saw Claire Robinson from "5 Ingredient Fix" on the Food Network make a blueberry strudel and I decided thats what I would try to make today. If I wasn't convinced to try this recipe already, when I got to the grocery store, the blueberries looked amazing, which really got me excited to make this!

The recipe was really quite simple. I started by heating the blueberries, sugar, a dash of salt, and a little corn starch (to help thicken the sauce) in a pan. The blueberries began to pop pretty quickly and created a lovely, thick sauce in just a few minutes.

While the blueberry sauce cooled, I unrolled the thawed phyllo dough and covered it in a damp cloth so it didn't dry out. The last time I tried to work with phyllo dough, it was really challenging because as soon as I unrolled the dough it began to crack and break apart. This time, I made sure that the dough was room temperature before I worked with it and it didn't break apart at all!

I layered three sheets of phyllo dough, brushing melted butter on each layer. I then put a dollop of the blueberry mixture in the lower half of the dough and rolled it up to create a small bundle. I brushed a little more butter on top of the bundle, sprinkled it with sugar, and cut small slits across the top so the air could escape while it baked.

I repeated this two more times, to make three strudels in total.  The strudels baked for about 15-20 minutes and came out golden brown and oozing with blueberries. They looked and smelled amazing.

I served these with vanilla ice cream and they were awesome! The blueberries were not too sweet and the crisp phyllo dough was the perfect compliment to the gooey center.

I would definitely make these again!