WILD MUSHROOM STRUDEL

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Provided by Food Network

Time 1h45m

Yield 15 portions

Number Of Ingredients 20

3 pounds cremini mushrooms, half quartered and half sliced
2 pounds oyster mushrooms, broken into smaller pieces
1/2 cup cream sherry
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
10 sprigs fresh thyme
5 sprigs fresh dill
Salt and pepper
3 carrots, diced
2 bulbs fennel, diced
2 medium yellow onions, diced
1 head celery, diced
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Two 8-ounce logs goat cheese
Salt and pepper
Nonstick cooking spray, for the pans
Three 10-by-12-inch sheets frozen puff pastry dough, thawed
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon dill weed
Salt and pepper

Steps:

For the mushrooms: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Stir together cremini and oyster mushrooms, sherry, oil, thyme, dill and some salt and pepper in a roasting pan, then roast for 10 minutes. Allow to cool. Remove and discard herb stems.
For the filling: Sweat carrots, fennel, onions and celery in oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat until soft. Turn off heat and add goat cheese to melt. Transfer to a half-sheet pan to cool.
For the strudel: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 3 sheet pans with parchment and spray with nonstick spray. (Each strudel must be rolled and baked on its own sheet pan.)
Mix mushrooms together with the veggies in a large bowl.
Lay each sheet of pastry on a lined sheet pan.
Brush the border of each pastry with egg wash, then sprinkle panko in a line down the center of the pastry. Spoon a third of the filling in a line on top of the panko, then sprinkle more panko on top to absorb excess liquid.
Roll up tightly (like a burrito) and lay seam-side down. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with dill, salt and pepper. Repeat with remaining pastry and filling.
Bake for 10 minutes, then switch and rotate the sheet pans and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Cool, then cut into 1/2-inch slices.