Linzertorte
Austrian pastry
The Linzertorte is a traditional Austrian pastry, a form of shortcrust topped with fruit preserves and sliced nuts with a lattice design on top. It is named after the city of Linz, Austria.
Linzertorte is a very short, crumbly pastry made of flour, unsalted butter, egg yolks, lemon zest, cinnamon and lemon juice, and ground nuts, usually hazelnuts, but even walnuts or almonds are used, covered with a filling of redcurrant, raspberry, or apricot preserves. Unlike most tortes, it is typically single layered like a pie or tart. It is covered by a lattice of thin dough strips placed atop the fruit. The pastry is brushed with lightly beaten egg whites, baked, and garnished with nuts.
Linzertorte is a holiday treat in the Austrian, Czech, Swiss, German, and Tirolean traditions, often eaten at Christmas. Some North American bakeries offer Linzertorte as small tarts or as cookies.
Linzer cookies (German: Linzer Augen, "Linzer eyes") or Linzer tarts are a sandwich cookie version, topped with a layer of dough with a characteristic circle shaped cut-out exposing the fruit preserves, and dusted with confectioner's sugar.
History
The Linzertorte has been cited as the oldest cake ever to be named after a place.
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