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Anything goes Christmas strudel
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Total Time:
1 hour
Create a mouthwatering Christmas leftover filo pastry parcel with mince pies, Christmas pudding, mixed nuts, chocolate, clementines, and posh biscuits for a delightful and crispy treat.
Ingredients:
  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 2 clementines
  • 1 pinch of ground cinnamon
  • 8 sheets of filo pastry
  • 1 heaped teaspoon demerara sugar plus extra for sprinkling
  • 400 g leftover goodies such as Christmas pudding, mince pies
  • a handful of mixed nuts
  • 50 g good-quality chocolate (70% cocoa solids) or chocolate money
  • 3 apples or pears or 2 quince, or a mixture of the three
  • 2 ginger nut biscuits
  • 2 teaspoons runny honey
  • icing sugar for dusting
  • ready-made custard, vanilla ice cream, or Greek-style yoghurt to serve
Instructions:
  • 1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4. Place butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add grated clementine zest, juice, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Lay out 4 pastry sheets slightly overlapping on a clean tea towel. Drizzle half of the melted butter, sprinkle with sugar, then layer remaining pastry sheets. Brush with butter. Sprinkle nuts, chocolate, fruits, biscuits, and honey over the pastry. Roll up the strudel using the tea towel. Brush a baking tray with butter and transfer the strudel. Sprinkle with sugar and bake in the oven for 35 minutes until golden. Cool, dust with icing sugar, and cut into slices. Serve with custard, ice cream, or yoghurt.