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Vegan Potato & Spinach Strudel

Published: May 17, 2016 · Modified: Jun 13, 2021 by Bianca · This post may contain affiliate links · 18 Comments

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Recipe for a vegan savory Potato & Spinach Strudel. It's the perfect easy lunch/dinner recipe. Delicious with a cilantro sunflower seed dip!

Vegan Potato and Spinach Strudel from the top served with cilantro sunflower sauce

Strudel (either savory or sweet like an Apple Strudel) is something we eat quite a lot here in Austria, so I thought it's time to put a savory strudel on the blog as well. This strudel is filled with potatoes and spinach - one of my favorite combos of all time, but of course you can use other fillings as well!

The filling for the savory strudel: potatoes, spinach and red onion

I've used store-bought vegan puff pastry for this recipe. Puff pastry is one of the few things that I don't want to make from scratch because I tried and I failed :D. Remember the Cilantro Lemon Sunflower Seed Dip I've posted? It's the perfect sauce to serve with this vegan Potato & Spinach Strudel.

How the make a savory vegan strudel

As you can see, this Potato & Spinach Strudel is so easy to make! Prepare the filling, place it onto the puff pastry, fold it, close the edges and bake. Yumm! It's perfect for quick lunches or dinners!

Vegan Potato and Spinach Strudel from the side with cilantro sunflower sauce in the background
Vegan Potato and Spinach Strudel from the side with cilantro sunflower sauce in the background
Vegan Potato and Spinach Strudel from the side with cilantro sunflower sauce in the background

Vegan Potato & Spinach Strudel

Elephantastic Vegan
Recipe for a vegan savory strudel filled with potatoes and spinach. It's the perfect easy lunch or dinner. A cilantro lemon dip is the perfect sauce/dip to go with it!
4.25 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 50 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Austrian, German, Vegan
Servings 4 people
Calories 438 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 ½ cups chopped potatoes
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon whole caraway seeds
  • 1 red onion , chopped
  • 1 vegan puff pastry dough*
  • 2 cups fresh spinach
  • ½ teaspoon salt + more to taste

Instructions
 

First prepare the filling:

  • Boil the potatoes in water until soft. Meanwhile heat a pan with olive oil and add the caraway seeds and chopped onions, cook until the onion is translucent. Add the spinach to the pan, only until wilted (you don't need any heat for this). Once the potatoes are soft, drain them. And add them to the pan. Season everything with salt, mix together, and let the filling cool off. 
  • Pre-heat the oven to 400°F / 200°C.
  • Place the potato & spinach filling on the puff pastry, fold it and close the edges.
  • Bake it in the oven for about 25 minutes, until the puff pastry got a nice, golden color.
  • Serve with a homemade Cilantro Lemon Sunflower Seed Dip, for example, and enjoy.

Notes

*Dimensions: 16x9 inches or 42x24 cm. A lovely reader told me that Whole Foods has a vegan puff pastry dough (usually near the ice cream section). If you know any vegan puff pastry brands from your country, please let me know! :)

Nutrition

Calories: 438kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 8gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 470mgPotassium: 712mgFiber: 5gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1405IUVitamin C: 21.2mgCalcium: 71mgIron: 6.6mg
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  1. Rebecca Strength and Sunshine says

    May 17, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    Oooo it looks so good! Always such beautiful recipes that I wish I could have!! Need gf/vegan puff pastry STAT!

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    • Bianca says

      May 17, 2016 at 5:50 pm

      I'm so sorry :D Why does puff pastry has to be such a pain to make from scratch?! Ugh. I tried it once, failed miserably, and decided to stick to the store-bought. Thankfully we have vegan puff pastry dough everywhere, but I I haven't seen any gf free ones. :/

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      • stefanie says

        October 21, 2019 at 8:52 pm

        strudel dough is so easy to make, I bet these taste just as delicious with it. You just take some flour, oil, luke warm water and some salt mix it together. Knead really well and let it rest for about an hour. You can then stretch it really thin and roll your filling into this! I tried it for the first time last week and it was super easy. I was just now looking for a savory filling and I want to try your recipe with this dough tomorrow! I will let you know how it went!

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  2. Natalie | Feasting on Fruit says

    May 17, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    There should be more strudel-ing over here, it looks like such a delicious dish! Plus it's so fun to say lol! But i've never had it. Usually I'm all about the sweet, but this savory version looks wonderful too! The potatoes win me over :)

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    • Bianca says

      May 17, 2016 at 5:54 pm

      Reminds me of the word streusel. You said that so funny in your cinnamon streusel ice cream bars video. Thihi :D Potatoes and spinach are such a classic combo for savory strudel but so good. When I was little my mum gave me money when I'd eat spinach, and now it's one of my favorite veggies :O

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  3. Kristy at Southern In Law says

    May 18, 2016 at 4:25 am

    This looks seriously delicious! Definitely a comfort food type of recipe!

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    • Bianca says

      May 19, 2016 at 11:54 am

      Thanks, Kristy. It's a comfort food for sure :)

      Reply
  4. Rachel says

    May 19, 2016 at 6:50 am

    Wow. My family could get down with that recipe! Now I just need to find vegan puff pastry...

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    • Bianca says

      May 19, 2016 at 11:59 am

      I don't know if you're from the US, but readers have told me they found vegan puff pastry in a Whole Foods (usually near the ice cream section). :)

      Reply
  5. Hannah Teson says

    May 20, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    This looks delicious and so easy! I was just thinking about how I haven't worked with puff pastry in a while then I saw this in my feed. It's a sign :)

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    • Bianca says

      May 21, 2016 at 8:41 am

      It's definitely a sign, Hannah. Savory strudel is one of my favorite dishes to make with puff pastry. But I also really like to make easy pinwheels like these Pumpkin Basil Pinwheels or Wild Garlic Pesto Snails. Just to give you a few more ideas :)

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  6. Nik says

    July 03, 2016 at 10:52 am

    Tried this yesterday and it came out delcious! I added a bit of Garam Masala and a bit more Curry Powder, but really thats just bc I love curry powder! In terms of vegan puff pastry dough, I am from Germany and I bought the Rewe housebrand one.

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    • Bianca says

      July 03, 2016 at 5:06 pm

      We (I'm from Austria) are really lucky to have vegan puff pastry in pretty much every store, right? :) People from the US have to do much more digging and searching. Garam Masala sounds like an excellent addition and I'm a huge curry powder fun myself so I completely understand you. Glad you liked it, Nik!

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  7. Michelle says

    July 06, 2016 at 2:09 am

    How many sheets of puff pastry did you use?

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    • Bianca says

      July 06, 2016 at 10:01 am

      Hi Michelle, I used one sheet of puff pastry. The ones I get here are usually 40x24cm = about 15x9 inches large, so if you're using a smaller one, you might want to take two or more and pinch them together or just make a smaller portion of the strudel.
      You can see how large they are in this photo https://www.elephantasticvegan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/process.jpg

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  8. nicole says

    September 08, 2018 at 10:30 pm

    instead of puff pastry, use phyllo, it is vegan

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    • Bianca says

      September 18, 2018 at 2:52 pm

      Or use vegan puff pastry :D

      But good tip with the phyllo!

      Reply
  9. Hetti says

    February 01, 2022 at 1:12 pm

    Used homemade rough puff pastry and was pleasantly surprised how simple, but enjoyable it turned out. The cilantro lemon sunflower seed dip just took it to the next level, yum! Will definitely make again, 😊 thank you.

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