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Curtis Stone's pear and sultana strudel with ginger-vanilla custard sauce

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After a show-stopping dessert when entertaining? Whip up this pear and sultana strudel recipe. With flaky pastry and oozy custard, this delicious combo will leave your guests wanting more.

  • Serves8
  • Cook time50 minutes
  • Prep time25 minutes, + 10 mins cooling time
Curtis Stone's pear and sultana strudel with ginger-vanilla custard sauce

Ingredients

  • 110g unsalted butter, divided
  • 1 cup (75g) panko breadcrumbs
  • ⅓ cup (75g) caster sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 4 William Bartlett pears (about 800g total), peeled, quartered, cored, and cut crossways into 1cm-thick slices
  • ½ cup (80g) sultanas
  • 12 sheets filo pastry, thawed overnight if frozen
  • Icing sugar, to dust

Ginger-vanilla custard sauce

  • 300ml thickened cream
  • ½ cup (125ml) full-cream milk
  • 1½ tbs minced peeled ginger (about 30g)
  • 6 extra-large Coles Australian Free Range Egg yolks
  • ⅓ cup (75g) caster sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla bean paste or 1 tsp vanilla extract

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Method

  1. Step 1

    Position a rack in the centre of the oven and preheat oven to 190°C (170°C fan-forced). Line a large rimmed baking tray with baking paper.

  2. Step 2

    In a small frying pan over medium heat, melt 30g butter. Add breadcrumbs and cook, stirring, for 5 mins or until golden. Transfer breadcrumb mixture to a large bowl. Stir in sugar, cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Add the pears and sultanas and stir well to coat.

  3. Step 3

    In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt remaining 80g butter. Lay 1 filo sheet on a work surface with a long side facing you. If necessary, trim to 26cm x 40cm. Brush filo lightly with melted butter. Top with another filo sheet, trimming if necessary, and brush with a little more melted butter. Repeat with 4 more filo sheets and more melted butter to make a stack. Arrange half the pear mixture along 1 long side, leaving a 4cm border at either end. Fold the ends over, then roll up tightly to enclose the filling. Transfer strudel, seam-side down, to the lined tray. Brush with more melted butter. Repeat with the remaining filo sheets, melted butter and pear mixture.

  4. Step 4

    Bake for 45 mins or until dark golden (some juices may spill out). Transfer the tray to a wire rack for 10 mins to cool.

  5. Step 5

    Meanwhile, to make ginger-vanilla custard sauce, in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring cream, milk and ginger to a simmer. Set aside for 20 mins to develop the flavours. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a medium bowl until blended. Gradually whisk in the warm cream mixture, then return the mixture to the saucepan. Using a flat silicone spatula, stir the mixture over medium-low heat for 5 mins or until the custard thickens (don’t let the custard simmer) and coats the spatula (custard should leave a path on back of the spatula when a finger is drawn across). Strain the custard through a sieve into a bowl. Stir in the vanilla and a pinch of salt.

  6. Step 6

    Gently slide baking paper with warm strudels onto a cutting board. Dust with icing sugar. Using a large serrated knife, trim ends, then cut each strudel into 8 slices. Place on serving plates. Spoon over some ginger-vanilla custard sauce and serve immediately.