Preparation
- Mix the flour and baking powder. Add the almonds, sugar, spices, salt, lemon zest, egg, kirsch and the butter in pieces, and quickly knead to a smooth shortcrust dough.
- Wrap the dough in cling film and chill for at least 40 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 175 °C (conventional). Grease a 24 cm springform tin.
- Roll out or press two thirds of the dough into the tin and pull up a small rim. Spread the jam evenly over the base.
- Roll out the remaining dough, cut it into strips and lay them over the jam as a lattice, or cut out stars and hearts and arrange them on top.
- Brush the dough with egg yolk and bake for 35 to 40 minutes until golden brown.
- Leave to cool in the tin. The torte tastes good straight away but keeps well for a week.
Drink with it
Sweet wine · excellent match
Beerenauslese from Burgenland or Ruster Ausbruch
Austrian sweet wine with an Austrian cake: honeyed sweetness and acidity match the tart redcurrant and the crumbly almond pastry.
Which wine goes with dessert? Comparing sweetness deliberatelyFortified wine · excellent match
Tawny port (10 year old), lightly chilled
Nutty and caramel notes from the cask meet the almonds, cinnamon and cloves in the pastry.
Port wine: understanding Ruby, Tawny, and VintageFruit brandy · good match
Kirschwasser or plum eau-de-vie, neat, at room temperature
The stone fruit and bitter almond of the spirit mirror the kirsch in the dough and cut through the butter.
What is Calvados? Apple brandy with originSherry-cask whisky · good match
Sherry-cask malt, neat
Nut, cinnamon and dried fruit from the sherry cask sit close to the spiced almond pastry.
What Does the Cask Do to Whisky?