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    Home » Recipes » Vegetable Desserts

    Squash and Apple Strudel with Dried Cranberries

    Published: Nov 20, 2013 · Modified: May 15, 2020 by Kate Hackworthy · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    This quick Squash Apple Strudel is easy to make and tastes divine. Autumnal flavours mingle with fruit and squash in the soft filling, enveloped with crispy filo pastry.

    A strudel on a baking sheet.

    filo squash apple strudel

    This simple squash apple strudel is so easy and quick to make that it's a nice change from crumble. For the vegetable in this recipe, I've added in butternut squash, along with some light spices, almonds and dried cranberries.

    This strudel is quick and easy to make and tastes divine.

    Autumnal flavours mingle with fruit and squash in the soft filling, enveloped with crispy filo pastry (aka phyllo pastry). Bliss.

    seasonal apples

    My sister-in-law has the sort of apple tree that dreams are made of.

    Its huge bounty gleams, juicy and sweet from between the leaves, and the children's swing hang from its boughs in a suburban idyll.

    Or so it would appear to me.

    Fed up of crumble and with a freezer bursting with puree, I saw her handbag after bag of beautifully imperfect and naturally blemished,  gorgeous apples to any neighbours who would have them.

    Note to Mr Supermarket Buyer: blemished apples aren't scary, uniform, highly-sprayed apples are.

    Gladly, I took three bags myself, as she headed out, hardhat in hand, to collect more apples from the garden as they fell around her like tasty missiles threatening any child who dared swing. 

    And soon, we were tucking into this squash apple strudel.

    Close up of a cut open strudel.

    squash desserts

    If you love this strudel, then I hope you'll love these other squash desserts too!

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    Close up of a cut open strudel.

    Squash and Apple Strudel with Dried Cranberries

    Kate Hackworthy | Veggie Desserts
    This quick Squash Apple Strudel is easy to make and tastes divine. Autumnal flavours mingle with fruit and squash in the soft filling, enveloped with crispy filo pastry.
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Total Time 1 hr
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine German
    Servings 12
    Calories 193 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 6 sheets of filo pastry standard 480mm x 255mm
    • 70 g unsalted butter melted (or non-dairy butter)
    • 50 g flaked almonds
    • icing sugar to dust

    For the filling:

    • 3 cooking apples peeled, cored, quartered and sliced
    • 100 g squash such as butternut, peeled and thinly sliced
    • zest and juice of ½ lemon
    • 2 tablespoons light muscovado sugar
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
    • 20 g flaked almonds
    • 3 tablespoons dried cranberries or raisins

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 190C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
    • To make the filling, combine the apples, lemon zest and juice, sugar, spices, dried cranberries and almonds.
    • Brush one sheet of filo with a little melted butter, repeating with the other sheets and layering them on top of each other.
    • Spread the filling along the long edge of the pastry and roll up, tucking in short ends to form long roll. Place seam side down on the prepared baking sheet. Brush with the remaining butter and press the flaked almonds over the strudel.
    • Bake for 40 minutes or until crisp and golden. Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm or cold.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 193kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 116mgPotassium: 137mgFiber: 3gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 1056IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg

    The nutritional information provided is approximate and can vary depending on several factors, so is not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietician for special diet advice.

    Tried this recipe?Mention @kateveggiedesserts or tag #veggiedesserts! I love seeing your recreations.

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    1. Karen

      November 25, 2013 at 12:23 pm

      5 stars
      What a fabulous recipe for strudel Kate, and although I am intrigued by the addition of squash, I suspect it adds an earthy sweetness to this festive bake - a lovely entry for Tea Time Treats thanks! Karen

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      • Kate Veggie Desserts

        November 25, 2013 at 7:50 pm

        Thanks Karen. It does add a nice flavour along with the apple and spices! 🙂

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    2. Emily @amummytoo

      November 24, 2013 at 2:10 pm

      Gorgeous pics and the pastry looks just perfect. I've seen Hollywood and Berry say you can't can't get the right effect with a packet pastry - you clearly have!!

      Thanks very much for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. I've pinned this 🙂 Also I've just put a fresh linky live for this week and would love you to join in x

      Reply
      • Kate Veggie Desserts

        November 25, 2013 at 7:51 pm

        Thanks Emily. Life is FAR too short, and my little ones far too demanding, to make my own Filo pastry! 🙂

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