A tasty dessert that is worth the effort it takes to prepare. Recipe can be cut in half for smaller gatherings.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 16 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 (12 ounce) bag frozen dark cherries
- 8 ounces chopped black walnuts
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk, or more as needed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Mix egg and water together in a bowl.
- Beat cream cheese, white sugar, and lemon juice together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.
- Roll each puff pastry into a 12×16-inch rectangle. Spread 1/2 of the cream cheese mixture down the center of a long side of each rectangle, leaving a 1-inch border. Top each of the cream cheese layers with 1/2 of the cherries and 1/2 of the walnuts.
- Fold opposite end of each puff pastry over the filling, brushing the edges with egg mixture to seal. Tuck the ends underneath the roll and place seam-side down on a baking sheet. Brush the tops of each strudel with egg mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 35 minutes. Cool strudels on baking sheet set on a wire rack, at least 30 minutes.
- Whisk confectioners’ sugar, milk, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until desired consistency for glaze is reached; drizzle over strudels.
- Thaw pastry sheets at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 357 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Cholesterol | 27 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 121 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 25 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Made half recipe (8 servings). Used cherry pie filling, mix of chopped pecans and a few cranberries. Puff pastry. It was great.
I used my canned pie cherries, no walnuts. I also made my own puff pastry from scratch. I did a glaze on top of the strudel; 1/2 cup confectioners sugar with 2 drops of almond flavor.
I used gluten free Frozen puff pastry sheets, had canned cane sugar sweetened cherries that I drained. It was excellent!
Made with cream cheese and cherry 1-13-2020 DELICIOUS!!
No changes it was wonderful!
Made as presented…excellent!
The whole point of the strudel is the phyllo dough. This is not a French recipe. Strudel is light and airy; butter rich dough destroys the end product.
Didn’t have puff pastry so I used a crescent roll sheet and made half the recipe using blackberry all fruit spread. Only baked for 25 minutes. Everyone loved it. Very easy and quick.
This was a very quick and tasty recipe. I cut the recipe in half, which was easy. I did chop up the cherries rather than use them whole. I was concerned about the amount of walnuts, but found that the end result was a nice blend of all of the ingredients and that the walnuts helped cut down on sweetness. I would make it again.
Since my puff pastry had gone bad, I used pie dough and made a galette. It was a big hit at the dinner where I served it.