Christmas Strudel (perfect for crowds) | Jernej Kitchen

Ingredients

• 80 g (2/3 cup) ground cookies like Plazma
• 50 g (1/4 cup) sugar
• spices: 1/2 tsp ginger powder, 1/4 tsp all-spice powder, 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 100 g (3.5 ounces) dried fruits (apricots, plums, raisins)
• 80 ml (1/3 cup) rum
• 120 g (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 1 mandarin
• 400 g (14 oz) phyllo pastry sheets
• 6 apples (Gala or Idared)
• 6 pears (Abata)
• 1 tbsp vanilla sugar or sugar
• 2 tbsp mixed nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios)
• 12 Plazma cookies
• 100 g (3.5 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate