Recipes Cooks Can Trust And Love

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Here's an appetizer recipe taken from the new wedding album:


Cheese and Shrimp Strudel

Makes 16-18 slices


1 half of a 17.25-ounce package (1 sheet) deadened character around pastry, thawed

11/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese

1/2 cup acid cream

1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion

1 cup (4 ounces) cooked shrimp, chopped, or 4.5 ounces canned shrimp, rinsed, drained and chopped

1 egg, beaten


On a lightly floured surface, roll the thawed push pastry to a 10" x 18" rectangle.

Place rectangle of pastry upon a lightly greased, large baking sheet.

In a medium-sized bowl, flesh and blood together cheese, unpleasant cream, onion, shrimp and half the beaten egg (virtually 2 tablespoons).

Spread the complex length-wise down half of the rectangle. Brush edges of pastry (using pastry brush) later some of the enduring beaten egg.

Carefully fold dough higher than the filling and seal edges once the tines of a fork. Brush zenith and sides of strudel help on enduring egg.

Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove from oven and cool 20 minutes in the in front slicing. With a utterly rough knife, slice slightly upon the on a slope.

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