Pear Strudel with Aged Cheddar

Ingredients

2 Tbsp	Butter
3	Pears, large, peeled, cored and sliced (Main)
2 Tbsp	Sugar
50 g	Aged cheddar cheese (Main)
½ cup	Craisins

Crumb mixture

¼ cup	Ground almonds (Main)
⅓ cup	Breadcrumbs, dried
2 Tbsp	Sugar
½ tsp	Ground cinnamon

Pastry

25 g	Butter, melted
8 sheets	Filo pastry (Main)

Directions

1. To make the filling: melt the butter in a non-stick frying pan. Saute the pears on low, until softened.
2. Add the sugar and simmer until the liquid has almost evaporated. Add the craisins and cool.
3. Preheat the oven to 180 degC. Lightly grease a baking tray.
4. Thinly slice the cheese. Combine the ingredients for the breadcrumb mixture.
5. Layer 2 sheets of filo on a flat surface. Brush lightly with the melted butter and sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of the breadcrumb mixture.
6. Continue layering 2 sheets of filo on top, brushing with butter and sprinkling with crumbs, three more times.
7. Spoon the pears over the pastry leaving about 2cm free at the ends and sides.
8. Top with the cheese. Fold in the ends then roll up Swiss-roll fashion.
9. Place seam-side down on the baking tray. Brush with butter and bake for about 30 minutes at 180 degC, until golden.
10. Cool slightly before slicing and serving. Dust with icing sugar, if preferred.
11. Great served with vanilla icecream.