I am using the same recipe as she does, although I adapted it a bit. And, it was her Linzer tart that made me consider giving it a try. My mother in law is still making Linzer torte following the recipe for the moister cake batter tart in that book. I found the recipes for both versions in an old cookbook. The stripes in the picture are almost too wide (just saying). Make the stripes really thin since the batter will spread. Making Linzer torte using a cake batter instead of shortcrust pastry. The second kind is made with a cake batter, spreading one half of the batter onto the bottom of a round cake pan and piping the rest of the batter onto the filling for a nice lattice. What I didn’t know back then is the second method of making a Linzer tart that yields a super moist, nevertheless not less original, torte. I guess, with 3 grandchildren around, my granny never waited to slice the cake and therefore her cake was somehow a bit crumbly.
This way, the moisture of the filling softens the crust, which makes a lovely shortcrust Linzer tart. The trick is to let the baked cake rest at room temperature for at least a day before slicing. Very similar to a pie.Īs a kid, I thought Linzer torte was a rather dry pastry compared to all the other cakes and tarts my maternal ancestors would bake. While the other half was cut into stripes to make a lace. Half of the dough then became the tart bottom, which she spread with red currant jam. She would make the shortcrust pastry and roll it out on a large wooden rolling board. My granny used to bake this kind of Linzer tart.
One is made of shortcrust pastry with ground nuts – usually hazelnuts – and eggs mixed in.
See, there are two different kinds of Linzer torte. I might have a clue about why this Linzer Torte only recently won my affections and wasn’t on my radar earlier. Linzer torte: shortcrust pastry versus cake batter David and I managed to eat the Strawberry Linzer torte in the picture within two days, just the two of us. I mean, this torte is a pure pleasure to eat. Shame on me! Shame on me even more with Linz being the closest city around until I moved out of my parent’s house. Being Austrian, I should be a connoisseur of amazing pastries – especially if we are talking about one of Austria’s signature dishes that is known around the globe. Yummmmmm! Growing up half an hour from the city of Linz, I can’t understand why I neglected this traditional Austrian torte for such a long time.
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