Pear & Mincemeat Strudel
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr
A delicious alternative Christmas dessert idea
Course:
Cakes, Christmas, Dessert
Cuisine:
British
Keyword:
mincemeat strudel
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 packet filo pastry
- 1 jar mincemeat home-made or shop bought
- 3 medium pears peeled, cored and chopped into small pieces
- 125 g butter melted
- orange sherbet/demerara sugar for sprinkling between the pastry layers and to top the finished strudel
Instructions
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Pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees
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Melt the butter in a small saucepan
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Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment
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Take a sheet of filo and lay on your baking sheet, cover with a layer of butter and orange sherbet or demerara sugar
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Repeat this process until you have used up the entire packet of pastry (about 8 sheets)
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Spread your mincemeat over the pastry making a thick line down the centre (about 2inches wide)
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Place the chopped pears over the mincemeat and press them down into the mixture
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Butter the edges of the pastry then roll into a sausage shape, turning so that the seam is on the underside
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Brush with melted butter and some more sherbet/sugar
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Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes