Cherry-Chocolate Strudel

Name: Cherry-Chocolate Strudel
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 57 grams 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted; 79 milliliters vanilla cookie crumbs; 237 milliliters Bing or other dark, sweet cherries, rinsed and pitted (or use frozen pitted cherries); 6 sheets filo dough (about 12 by 18 in.); 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 79 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 79 milliliters slivered almonds; 59 milliliters sugar; 79 milliliters dried sweet cherries

Cherry-Chocolate Strudel might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 6 servings with 282 calories, 4g of protein, and 17g of fat each. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of slivered almonds, butter, semisweet chocolate chips, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a bowl, gently mix cookie crumbs, fresh cherries, dried cherries, almonds, chocolate chips, sugar, cinnamon, and kirsch.

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Chocolate Chips

Dried Cherries

Cookie Crumbs

Cherries

Cinnamon

Almonds

Kirsch

Sugar

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Bowl

Lay 1 filo sheet flat (cover remaining filo with plastic wrap to prevent drying) and brush lightly with butter. Cover with another filo sheet and brush lightly with more butter. Repeat to stack remaining filo.

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Butter

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Spread cherry-chocolate filling in a 3-inch-wide band along 1 long edge of the dough, 2 inches in from edge and the ends. Fold long edge, then the ends of dough over filling. Gently roll the filled side of dough forward to form a compact cylinder, ending seam side down.

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Chocolate

Cherries

Spread

Dough

Roll

Gently transfer the strudel roll, seam down, to a buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheet.

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Roll

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Baking Sheet

Brush top of roll with remaining melted butter.

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Butter

Roll

Bake on the center rack in a 375 regular or convection oven until golden brown, 15 to 25 minutes. Using 2 wide spatulas, transfer strudel to a platter.

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Oven