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Linzer Torte

Name: Linzer Torte
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Austria
Ingredients: 200g All-purpose flour; 100g Almond Flour; 150g Butter; 100g Sugar; 1 Egg; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Clove; from 1/2 Lemon zest; 200g Strawberry Jam; A pinch Powdered sugar

Dessert

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

A nut-and-spice pastry filled with jam and topped with a lattice — the famous cake of Linz, Upper Austria.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The Linzer Torte bears the name of Linz, capital of Upper Austria, and is said to be one of the oldest cake recipes in the world. A cinnamon-scented pastry rich with hazelnuts or almonds is filled with redcurrant or raspberry jam and topped with a lattice of dough. It's essential at Christmastime.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Linz square hosting a Christmas market, lattice-topped tortes line a pastry shop window as people holding mulled wine stop to look.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 200g
Almond Flour 100g
Butter 150g
Sugar 100g
Egg 1
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Clove A pinch
Lemon zest from 1/2
Strawberry Jam 200g
Powdered sugar A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the softened butter and sugar, then add the egg.
Mix in the flour, almond flour, cinnamon, ground cloves, and grated lemon zest to make a dough, and chill 30 minutes.
Press two-thirds of the dough into the base and sides of a tin.
Spread the jam evenly.
Roll the remaining dough into strips, lay them in a lattice, and bake at 170°C for 45 minutes.
Once cool, dust with powdered sugar.

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