Breakfast Strudel

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 sheets puff pastry
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup frozen cubed hash brown potatoes
• 1 cup green pepper
• 1/2 cup onion
• 1 cup ham
• 11 eggs
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 thaw pastry according to package directions, about 30 minutes.
• 3 melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. add potatoes and sauté 5 minutes.
• 4 stir in bell pepper (can be red or green) and onion; sauté 3 minutes then add cubed ham.
• 5 add eggs cream cheese and orange juice in blender blend at medium till mixed well.
• 6 add eggs to the pan and scramble till set.
• 7 season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 8 refrigerate eggs while working with puff pastry.
• 9 unfold a pastry sheet on a work surface that's been lightly dusted with flour. roll pastry lengthwise to 12x10 then transfer to a piece of parchment cut to fit a baking sheet. trim pastry cut off top corners notch bottom to create flaps.
• 10 spoon half the egg mixture down the center; cut strips on both sides at a a 45 degree angle.
• 11 fold up the flaps at both ends, then braid the strips across the filling.
• 12 lift parchment and strudels onto baking sheets.
• 13 combine the remaining egg and water; brush over top of strudels. sprinkle with cheese and bake 20-30 minutes, or until golden.
• 14 let cool 5 minutes before slicing.
• 15 the ingredients in this can be altered in anyway -- i have used italian sausage instead of ham and mozzarella cheese. you could do all kinds of different combinations.