Roasted Vegetable and Goat Cheese Strudel

(Goat Cheese Studel)

Serve this delicious dish when you have company and you'll have everybody wanting the recipe.

Ingredients:

½ pc	Green zucchini, small, cut into quarters, lengthwise	½ pc
½ pc	Japanese eggplant, small, cut into quarters lengthwise	½ pc
1 pc	Portobello mushroom cap, large, cut into 1	1 pc
½ pc	Red pepper, cleaned and cut into 6 strips	½ pc
½ pc	Yellow pepper, cleaned and cut into 6 strips	½ pc
1 pc	Yellow onion, medium, peeled and cut into wedges	1 pc
5 ml	Seasoning salt	1 tsp
30 ml	Olive oil	2 tbsp
180 g	Goat cheese	6 oz
8 cloves	Roasted garlic	8 cloves
30 ml	Chopped fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano, sage, etc.)	2 tbsp
30 ml	Parsley, fresh, chopped	2 tbsp
Pinch	Freshly cracked black pepper	Pinch
7 sheets	Phyllo dough	7 sheets
125 ml	Gay Lea butter, melted	½ cup

Instructions:

Method

Preheat a toaster oven to 195ºC (380ºF).

Combine all cut vegetables in a large bowl. Season with seasoning salt and drizzle with olive oil. Toss to distribute seasoning. Place vegetables on the toaster oven tray in a single layer and roast in toaster oven until vegetables are golden brown, about 15-20 minutes. This process may have to be repeated twice. Remove and cool.

In a mixing bowl, combine goat cheese, roasted garlic, all fresh chopped herbs, and pepper. Using a hand mixer, mix cheese mixture until smooth and all herbs are well distributed.

Combine roasted vegetables and goat cheese. Carefully mix to distribute the cheese.

Place a sheet of phyllo dough on a clean working surface. Brush the sheet with melted butter. Place another sheet of dough over and brush it with butter again. Repeat the process with the remaining phyllo sheets.

Place the cheese with vegetables lengthwise down one side of the buttered phyllo sheets. Tightly roll the vegetables into a roll, tucking in the ends as you roll. Brush the strudel with melted butter and place strudel on the toaster oven tray and bake on the lowest setting until golden brown, about 30-40 minutes.

• -Try serving with a roasted pepper sauce
• -Use your favourite vegetables.
• -Let strudel cool for a few minutes before slicing.
• -Cook strudel in advance, cool, portion and re-heat for later service.