Linzer Tarts

Serves 14-16 approx Cook 15 min

Ingredients

  • 150g (6 oz) flour
  • 125g (4 oz) sugar
  • 5ml (1 tsp) cinnamon
  • 2.5ml (½ tsp) nutmeg, grated
  • 125g (4 oz) ground almonds
  • 125g (4 oz) butter
  • 2 egg yolks
  •   raspberry jam
  •   icing sugar

Method

  1. Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ground almonds together.
  2. Beat the butter and egg yolks together and work into the flour mixture to form a paste.
  3. Roll out on a floured board to a 6mm (¼") thickness.
  4. Cut into 3cm (1½") circles, removing the centres of half of the circles (this paste can be reworked).
  5. Cover the whole circles with jam, then top each with a ring.
  6. Bake for approximately 15 minutes in a moderate oven at 180°C (350°F, Gas Mk 4).
  7. Cool, then dust with icing sugar and fill the centre of each tart with a little more jam.

Notes

These biscuit-style tarts contain flour, unlike the other recipes on the card which are flour-free. The centres cut from the rings can be reworked into extra rounds.