Strudel with puff pastry pear

1. First of all, we prepare the ingredients that require this, namely:

- wash, dry the pears with a dry and clean towel, then cut them in half, cutting out the cores and stems. Next, cut the halves of the pears into small cubes with a side approximately equal to 1 cm;

- cookies are crushed into coarse crumbs using a mortar and pestle or a blender. It is important that the crumb is not too small;

- walnuts are also crushed, but not into crumbs. You can cut them with a knife or mash them with a pestle. If desired and necessary, the nuts can be pre-dried in a frying pan;

- dried figs (can be replaced with dates) cut into small pieces with a knife;

- soak the raisins in warm water for 10 minutes, then rinse and dry with a paper towel;

- melt butter in a water bath, then let it cool to room temperature.

2. The second stage will be the caramelization of pears. Heat a large frying pan over high heat, then put powdered sugar in it. Stirring, we wait for it to melt. It will take literally 2-3 minutes. Powdered sugar during this time should become dark golden in color. Next, put the diced pears in the pan, pour in lemon juice. Constantly stirring, cook everything together for 5 minutes, then pour in the pear liqueur (or rum). Mix everything and remove the pan from the heat.

3. A third of the fried pears are transferred to the bowl of a blender, there we also pour the specified amount of brown sugar and half of the melted butter. Puree everything until smooth, and then spread the mixture back to the rest of the pears. Add chopped cookies, walnuts, chopped figs (dates), raisins. Pour spices: ground cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix everything well. The mass should cool down to room temperature.

4. Puff pastry, which you need to get out of the freezer in advance, spread on the work surface, roll out thinly, then lubricate the layer with half of the remaining melted butter. After sprinkle the dough evenly with half of the breadcrumbs. We do the same with the second sheet.

5. Now we distribute the pear filling on both sheets, we try to do it evenly. On the short sides we leave the border without filling 3 cm wide . Next, the sheets are carefully rolled into rolls and spread on a baking sheet greased with half of olive oil. With the remaining oil, lubricate the surface of the strudels.

6. Put the baking sheet in a preheated oven to 200 degrees for 25 minutes. The dough should turn golden during this time. Remove the strudel from the oven, let it stand for 10 minutes. We dust the strudels with powdered sugar, decorate with chocolate sauce and serve them to the table with ice cream.

Bon appetit! It's divinely delicious!