Banana-Split Strudel

Name: Banana-Split Strudel
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 mediums bananas, peeled; 0 teaspoons cinnamon; 227 grams cream cheese, softened; 1 large egg yolk; 177 milliliters granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling; 4 sheets phyllo dough; 57 grams bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped; 113 grams stick unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 pint vanilla ice cream; 128 grams 1/3 cups finely chopped walnuts

This recipe makes 6 servings with 838 calories, 11g of protein, and 56g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up walnuts, vanillan extract, egg yolk, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 37

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Spread the walnuts on a rimmed baking sheet and toast for 6 minutes, or until browned.

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Walnuts

Spread

Toast

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Baking Sheet

Transfer the walnuts to a plate to cool.

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Walnuts

In a bowl, using a handheld mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the egg yolk.

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Cream Cheese

Egg Yolk

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Blender

Bowl

Add 1/4 cup of granulated sugar, the vanilla and cinnamon and beat until blended. Stir the chocolate into the cream cheese mixture and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.

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Granulated Sugar

Cream Cheese

Chocolate

Cinnamon

Vanilla

Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Lay 1 sheet of phyllo on the parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Brush the phyllo with melted butter and sprinkle with 1/3 cup of the walnuts and 2 tablespoons of the granulated sugar. Cover with another phyllo sheet, butter it and sprinkle with walnuts and granulated sugar as before; repeat 2 more times to make 4 layers.

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Granulated Sugar

Walnuts

Butter

Turn the baking sheet so that a long side is facing you. Spoon half the cream cheese mixture in a long strip along the length of the phyllo, leaving a 2-inch border of phyllo below and on each side.

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Cream Cheese

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Baking Sheet

Lay 2 bananas end to end on the cream cheese. Set the 2 remaining bananas next to them, so you have a double row. Trim the bananas if needed. Spoon the remaining cream cheese mixture in a strip on the bananas.

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Cream Cheese

Banana

Starting with the long edge closest to you and using the parchment paper as a guide, lift the phyllo up and over the bananas and roll into a neat, compact log; fold in the sides to enclose the filling. Discard the parchment paper. Slide the strudel to the center of the baking sheet, making sure the seam is down.

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Banana

Roll

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Brush the strudel with melted butter and sprinkle with granulated sugar.

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Granulated Sugar

Butter

Bake the strudel for 40 minutes, or until crisp and brown.

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Let it stand for about 25 minutes, then transfer to a cutting board. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Using a serrated knife, thickly slice the strudel crosswise and serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

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Powdered Sugar