Photo: Das Pear Pineapple Strudel Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 1/8 scant teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Dash ground nutmeg
- 1/2 (1 1/4 pounds) fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and sliced into 1/4-inch pieces (about 4 cups)
- 2 Bartlett pears, ripe but firm, peeled, cored and sliced into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 frozen puff pastry sheet, thawed according to directions on package
- 1 egg yolk, beaten
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a medium saute pan over medium heat, melt 4 tablespoons butter, add ginger and cook for 1 minute. Add in brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cook 2 minutes, then add in fruit, stirring gently to combine. Let cook over medium heat to gently caramelize, about 6 to 8 minutes. Remove fruit from pan, reserve sauce in pan. Let fruit cool to room temperature. Place puff pastry dough on baking sheet. Spread fruit out on puff pastry dough, leaving a 2-inch border all around. With the long end closest to you, fold dough into thirds, then repeat ending with the seam down. Pinch short ends closed. Brush with egg yolk.
Bake until golden brown and crispy, about 20 to 25 minutes. While baking, heat up remaining sauce over medium heat, fortify with rum and 2 tablespoons butter. To serve, remove strudel from oven and slice immediately into 6 pieces. Drizzle some of the sauce on dessert plates. Place strudel slice on top and dust with powdered sugar.
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By kiwi9998
on September 09, 2012
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Didn't have pears so made it without still mighty tasty
By Frolicking Fells
Cleveland, OH
on April 13, 2011
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This is a great intro into making fruit-filled pastries at home. I thought there was a little too much fruit for the amount of pastry involved and it came out a little greasy, but it was very yummy and sweet, and the top turned out crisp.
By pink_cupcake17
santa barbara, CA
on September 08, 2010
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I made this because of the great reviews, I had some puff pastry I wanted to use up and this just sounded great....and it was so so. The 4 cups of fresh pineapple was way too much, in fact I had enough filling for two strudels (too bad I only had 1 sheet of puff pastry. I thought it was pretty bland, I served it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and spooned the sauce over the ice cream and strudel, it looked just like the picture, the presentation (with the ice-cream and sauce was impressive but the overall taste was disappointing, the pineapple was tart, the pear was delicate and sweet - something was off. An all pear strudel would've been better or maybe apple and pear. This was a waste of a great fresh pineapple!
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