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Contributed By: wolfi
wolfi

Healthy Fruit and Cheese Strudel

Ingredients

1/2 package (17.3 oz size) frozen puff pastry sheets (1 sheet)

1 cup Pitted cherries (fresh or canned/drained)

1 cup Ricotta cheese

1/2 cup Walnut pieces

1 Egg, lightly beaten with 1 Tb s water

Preparation

Thaw pastry at room temperature for 5 minutes.

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. In small bowl combine pitted cherries, ricotta cheese and walnuts. Mix well and set aside. Unfold pastry onto lightly floured surface. Roll to 14x10 inch rectangle. Spread ricotta/cherry/walnut mixture over

pastry, covering to within 1 inch of either end.Brush all edges with egg mixture. Beginning at long end, roll up pastry jelly-roll-style ; pinch seams and ends to seal. Place on baking sheet. With sharp knife , cut diagonal slits

, one inch apart, across top of pastry. Brush with egg mixture. Bake 25 minutes until golden. Cool on baking sheet on wire rack a few minutes.

Cook's Notes

Thaw pastry at room temerature for 5 minutes.
Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
In small bowl combine pitted cherries, ricotta cheese and walnuts. Mix well and set aside.
Unfold pastry onto lightly floured surface. Roll to 14x10 inch rectangle. Spread ricotta/cherry/walnut mixture over pastry, covering to within 1 inch of either end. Brush all edges with egg mixture. Beginning at long end, roll up pastry jelly-roll style ; pinch seams and ends to seal. Place on baking sheet. With sharp knife, cut diagonal slits, one inch apart, across top of pastry. Brush with egg mixture.
Bake 25 minutes until golden. Cool on baking sheet on wire rack a few minutes.

To serve: Cut into 12 slices along diagonal cuts

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