Cherry Cheese Strudel

Name: Cherry Cheese Strudel
Yield: Serves 8–10
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons ground almonds; 2 eggs; 60 g (2¼ oz/¼ cup) sugar; 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon or orange zest; 8 sheets filo pastry; 40 g (1½ oz/½ cup) fresh breadcrumbs; 2 teaspoons cornflour (cornstarch); 425 g (15 oz) tin pitted black cherries; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz/2 cups) ricotta cheese; 60 g (2¼ oz) unsalted butter, melted; 2 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs; icing (confectioners’) sugar, to dust

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz/2 cups) ricotta cheese</

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Lightly grease a baking tray with melted butter. Combine the ricotta, zest, sugar, breadcrumbs and almonds in a bowl. Add the eggs and mix well. Drain the cherries, reserving half the juice. Blend the cor