Linzer torte

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 , you will need:

• 1 3 hard-boiled eggs
• 2 150 g flour
• 3 140 g butter
• 4 25 g ground almonds
• 5 25 g icing sugar
• 6 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 7 1 tablespoon rum
• 8 250 g raspberry jam
• 9 150 g stewed apple (compote)
• Total weight: 910 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	30 min.	1 hour 5 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Separate the yolks from 3 hard-boiled eggs; the whites will not be used in this recipe.
2	Put into a food-mixer bowl: 150 g flour, 140 g butter, 25 g ground almonds, 25 g icing sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon and 1 tablespoon rum.
3	Add the egg yolks after passing through a sieve. If you don't have a sieve, chop them really finely.
4	Knead until evenly mixed.
5	Gather the pastry into a flat cake, wrap in plastic film and refirgerate for 1 hour. This pastry can be made the day before or a couple of days beforehand.
6	Roll out the pastry thinly and line the tin or mould.
7	Roll out the excess pastry again and cut into strips about 1/2 inch (1 cm) wide and as long as the diameter of your tin. Heat the oven to 410°F (210°C).
8	Put 250 g raspberry jam and 150 g stewed apple (compote) into a bowl.
9	Mix with a whisk...
10	...and pour into the tart case.
11	Lay the strips of pastry in a lattice over the top.
12	Bake for about 30 minutes, watching the pastry for colour towards the end of cooking.

Remarks

A common mistake with Linzer torte these days is to make it too sweet. This is why it is important to use this special pastry, rather than classic sweetcrust pastry, and also why adding the stewed apple is a good tip.
Ground hazelnuts can be used instead of almonds.
You can brush the lattice strips with beaten egg-yolk to glaze them and help them brown more quickly.

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