Mushroom Strudel

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1/3 cup sweet red pepper, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 7 cups mushrooms, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup black forest ham, diced
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced
• 2 tablespoons fine breadcrumbs
• 8 phyllo pastry sheets
• 1/3 cup clarified butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 in large frying pan, melt 3 tablespoons butter over medium heat.
• 2 cook onion, red pepper and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes.
• 3 add mushrooms; increase heat to medium high and cook, stirring often, until mushrooms are tender and all moisture has evaporated.
• 4 season with salt, pepper, thyme and lemon juice.
• 5 remove from heat; stir in ham, mozzarella cheese, parsley and breadcrumbs.
• 6 taste and adjust seasoning.
• 7 let cool.
• 8 divide mushroom filling in two portions.
• 9 brush 4 sheets of phyllo pastry lightly with melted butter; stack neatly one on top of the other.
• 10 about 1 inch from one long edge of phyllo pastry, spread half of mustard in a 2 inch wide strip, leaving a 1 inch border on both sides.
• 11 over mustard, spread half of the mushroom filling.
• 12 dust filling and phyllo pastry with half the parmesan cheese.
• 13 turn up bottom edge of pastry over mushroom filling; turn both side edges in the brush this exposed phyllo pastry on bottom and edges with butter.
• 14 roll up, jelly roll fashion, loosely but compactly.
• 15 place, seam down, on baking sheet.
• 16 repeat with remaining phyllo pastry, butter, filling and parmesan cheese.
• 17 brush top with butter; with sharp knife cut 8 slits on diagonal, on top of each roll, through top 2 layers of phyllo pastry.
• 18 bake at 375 degrees f over for about 25 minutes or until pastry is golden and crisp.
• 19 let cool for about 5 minutes before slicing.