Caramelized Onion, Fig, and Blue Cheese Strudel

Name: Caramelized Onion, Fig, and Blue Cheese Strudel
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters apricot nectar; 2 Tbsps balsamic vinegar; 113 grams crumbled blue cheese; 237 milliliters diced dried figs (about 10 figs); 79 milliliters honey; 8 sheets frozen phyllo dough, thawed; 2 teaspoons powdered sugar; 118 milliliters raisins; 473 milliliters coarsely chopped sweet onion

Caramelized Onion, Fig, and Blue Cheese Strudel is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 208 calories, 5g of protein, and 5g of fat. A mixture of phyllo dough, onion, honey, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Combine first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook 5 minutes.

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; cover and let stand 30 minutes.

Coat a medium nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium-high heat until hot.

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Cooking Spray

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Frying Pan

Add onion and vinegar; cook 20 minutes or until deep golden, stirring frequently.

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Vinegar

Onion

Remove from heat; stir in fig mixture and cheese. Set aside.

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Cheese

Figs

Place 1 phyllo sheet on work surface (cover remaining dough to keep from drying); lightly coat with cooking spray. Working with 1 phyllo sheet at a time, coat remaining 7 phyllo sheets with cooking spray, placing one on top of the other.

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Cooking Spray

Filo Pastry

Dough

Place a sheet of plastic wrap over phyllo, pressing gently to seal sheets together; discard plastic wrap.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Spoon onion mixture along 1 long edge of phyllo, leaving a 2-inch border. Fold over the short edges of phyllo to cover 2 inches of onion mixture on each end.

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Onion

Starting at long edge with 2-inch border, roll up jelly-roll fashion. (Do not roll tightly, or strudel may split.)

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Jelly

Roll

Place strudel, seam side down, on a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Score diagonal slits into top of strudel using a sharp knife. Lightly spray strudel with cooking spray.

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Jelly

Roll

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Knife