Berry & Brie Vegan Strudel
This delicious grown up version of one of my childhood favourites, the toaster strudel, is veganized as a collaboration with Nicolas from Blogtastic Food! Thanks for inviting me to be a part of this collab. A group of us have collaborated to make a collection of delicious vegan desserts! You can find everybody else’s desserts below!
This somewhat fancy vegan strudel is actually really really easy to make. I used a natural puff pastry that is vegan, from the brand Maison, which I found at my local whole foods. I went with this puff pastry because it has simple ingredients and is free of preservatives. The star of the dessert is the vegan brie cheese. You can use any vegan brie, or another neutral tasting vegan cheese. I used my favourite brand of cheese, Nuts For Cheese vegan brie, and it pairs beautifully with the berries and the flaky pastry.
The method is super easy! Just prepare the puff pastry by thawing it overnight, then roll it out. Cut strips into the dough. This will create the criss-cross patter. Add the brie and the berries, fold it up, and bake! This would be an amazing dessert to serve at a dinner party or holiday. Or just bake it up quickly and eat it yourself because hey, you deserve a fancy easy to make dessert without any special occasion ! 😉
Berry & Brie Vegan Strudel
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry 500g
- 1/3 cup vegan brie cheese I used Nuts For Cheese
- 1 1/2 cups mixed berries fresh or frozen, I used cherries, blueberries, and strawberries
- 3 1/2 tbsp cane sugar divided
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp almond milk unsweetened
- 2 tsp maple syrup
Instructions
- Thaw the puff pastry overnight in the fridge the day before you want to use it. When you are ready to use it, place it on your counter for 10-20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 385 degrees F.
- Prepare a large work surface and dust it with all-purpose flour. Place the puff pastry onto the surface and roll it out, back and forth, to create a rectangle. Roll the dough out until it is around 30x24 cm, and around 1/4 inch thick. Note that every package of puff pastry is different. Many are portioned out into smaller portions and some are already pre-rolled. Take note of the type of puff pastry you have and adjust accordingly. I used a 500g package and it was not a pre-rolled kind.
- Transfer the dough onto a parchment lined baking tray. Visualize the dough divided into thirds lengthwise. On each of the 2 outside thirds, cut strips about 2cm wide with a sharp knife all along each edge. Refer to the photos above.
- Place about 2/3 of the cheese onto the center of the dough. You can spread it or break it apart into chunks.
- In a medium bowl, add the berries and 2 tbsp of cane sugar and mix to coat the berries. Add all of the berries on top of the cheese. Top with the remaining cheese. Note that using raspberries will make the strudel taste tart.
- Fold the dough strips into a criss-cross pattern, as seen in the photos above. Use a rolling pin to gently press on the top to seal the folds.
- Create an "egg-wash" by combining the maple syrup and almond milk in a small bowl. Brush the entire top of the pastry. This will also help to seal the dough. You may not need all of the egg-wash if you feel it is coated well enough.
- Sprinkle on the remaining 1 1/2 tbsp of cane sugar onto the top of the dough.
- Bake the strudel for about 35 minutes, or until it is golden. It's ok if some of the juices are coming out of the strudel. This will happen more if you used frozen instead of fresh berries, but it's completely fine.
- Remove from the oven and allow it to cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving. If you have leftovers, you can re-heat them or eat it at room temperature.
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Vegan Dessert Collab
Nicolas from Blogtastic Food – Lemon Meringue Pie
Reka from Holy Whisk Blog – Beetroot Brownies
Sarah from Slice of Honey – Shortbread Cookies with Dark Chocolate Drizzle
Julia from Julia Recipes – Coconut Lime Tart
Anthea from Salty Biscotti – No Bake Vegan Chocolate Salami
Marie from Sugar Salt Magic – Vegan Lemon Coconut Frangipane Tart
Winola from The Foodscape – Vegan Banoffee Pies
Allysa from Ally Bakes – Ginger Coconut Pear Cake
Maya from Maya’s Bee Hive – Blackberry Pie with Walnut Crumble Topping
Jasmine from Jazzy B Fit – Biscoff Tiffin
Teresa from Cupcakes and Couscous – Chocolate Caramel Tart
So cool that you were able to introduce vegan puff pastry!! And you have presented the strudel so beautifully. Thank you so much for taking the time to construct this post!! Marking your name off in the list immediately (:
Thanks Nicolas it was so fun. Can’t wait to see the rest of the recipes! ❤️🍓🍒
Oh you’re in for a treat my friend 😉
Yuuuuum!!! This looks amazing 😋
Thanks darlin!
Hi Kathy, your vegan berry & brie strudel looks so scrumptious 😋 I can’t wait to share your recipe 😍
Ahh thank you your tart looks incredible, just shared it 😘
This looks amazing and seems like it will be easy to make. Great combination!
Thanks it’s suprisingly super easy!
It looks amazing and the pictures are so beautiful!! It was such a great collaboration!! Thank you for sharing my post. 🙂
Thank you!! Yours as well!! <3
What a cool idea, that pastry looks delicious!
Thank you so much! Your tart looks unreal <3