Artichoke Cheese Strudel


Your friends will love you for making these artichoke appetizers! They are worth the effort. Great do ahead recipe, they freeze well i like to use 1 6oz jar in oil and 2 6oz jars in water or you may substitute 1 10 oz can for 2 6 oz jars. It works even if you are 2 oz short. Be sure to drain extremly well or the filling will be mushy

Steps


Melt 1 / 4 cup butter in a skillet and saute the onions until soft do not brown.
Add garlic , stir.
Beat cream cheese and the cottage cheese until well mixed.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Add garlic salt , parsley , tarragon & pepper.
Beat to mix well.
Add onions and any left over butter drippings.
Add artichokes , parmesan & cracker crumbs , stir.
Lay out the filo sheets & brush with melted butter , stack 5 sheets.
Put 1 / 3 mix on one end of each stack & roll up tucking edges of sheets around the filling.
Using a very sharp knife cut each roll into 10 pieces.
If you are going to freeze the rolls leave the cut pieces together still forming the roll , wrap in plastic wrap and then foil & freeze.
Defrost before baking.
When you are ready to bake them preheat oven to 350f separate the rolls into the pieces , lay cut side up on a lightly gresed cookie sheet bake for 20-30 minutes or until nicely browned serve warm.

Ingredients


butter, onion, garlic, cream cheese, cottage cheese, eggs, garlic salt, parsley, tarragon, pepper, artichokes, parmesan cheese, soda cracker crumbs, phyllo pastry sheets