Tarta de Santiago - Medieval Recipe - Spain

Tarta de Santiago - Medieval Recipe - Spain

INGREDIENTS:

pastry:

200g flour

75g icing sugar

100g butter, chopped                                        

1 egg

filling:

4 eggs

200g caster sugar

grated rind from 1 lemon

juice from half lemon

200g almonds, peeled, grounded

1 Sift together flour and icing sugar. Rub in the butter. Add the egg ( you can use milk) to make a firm consistency. Wrap the dough into the kitchen foil and leave it in a fridge for 30 minutes.

2  Whip eggs and sugar into the thick cream. Add lemon juice, rind and almonds.

3 Preheat the oven to 180C. Roll out the pastry to fit an 26 cm round loose-based tin. ( coat the tin with a little bit of butter.)

4 Place the tin with pastry in the oven for 10 minutes. Pour the filling mixture on the pastry in a tin and bake for 30 minutes.

5 Let it cool down in a tin, then place it on a serving plate. You can use icing suger to sprinkle over the tart before serving.

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