Plum and Tamarind Strudel

Name: Plum and Tamarind Strudel
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 90 g/3¼ oz unsalted butter; cream or vanilla ice cream, to serve; a pinch of ground cloves; 125 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup caster/superfine sugar, plus extra to sprinkle; 50 g/2 oz/⅔ cup fresh breadcrumbs; 1 tbsp tamarind paste; 400 g/14 oz ripe plums, pitted and chopped into large dice; icing/confectioners’ sugar, for dusting; 6 sheets of ready-made filo/phyllo pastry

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bold

By Nisha Katona

Published 2024

About

Tamarind and dried plums form the basis of a cooling summer sherbet recipe popular in India, Pakistan and the Middle East, so I wanted to see whether they would also work in dessert form. They do – the tamarind bringing an element of sharpness to the sweet plums, creating a very tasty combination. I think people are quite reluctant to make their own strudel pastry these days, so I’ve given you a recipe using ready-made filo/phyllo for ease.

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Kiwi Rik

1 year ago from New Zealand

This is quite a wonderful dessert. The sharpness of the tamarind cuts right through the sweetness of the plum. I didnt have Phyllo and used normal pastry and it was fine. Went well with clotted cream and a dusting of icing sugar. Have made this 3 times in the last week its that good and it reheats well too.

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