Stroke has been possible without workarounds since the addition of foreground paints in TextStyle. An explicit example of stroke under fill bordered text has been added in the TextStyle documentation: https://master-api.flutter.dev/flutter/painting/TextStyle-class.html#painting.TextStyle.6
This example is reproduced here:

Stack(
children: <Widget>[
// Stroked text as border.
Text(
'Greetings, planet!',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 40,
foreground: Paint()
..style = PaintingStyle.stroke
..strokeWidth = 6
..color = Colors.blue[700],
),
),
// Solid text as fill.
Text(
'Greetings, planet!',
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 40,
color: Colors.grey[300],
),
),
],
)
Stroke by itself is possible by removing the Stack and just using the first stroke Text widget by itself. The stroke/fill order can also be adjusted by swapping the first and second Text widget.