Obsttorte (Fruit Torte)

Recipe Ingredients

		Pastry
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour - unbleached
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Sugar
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter
2		Egg yolks
		Filling
4 cups	948ml	Fruit, fresh, canned, frozen
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar - with fresh fruit
1/4 cup	59ml	Water - if needed
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cornstarch
		Almond Coating
1		Egg white
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
1/2 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Almonds; toasted - sliced
		Topping*
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
1 cup	237ml	Cream heavy - whipped

Recipe Instructions

CAKE: Mix flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg yolks; mix to form dough. Press dough into bottom and sides of a 10-inch Springform pan. Dough should come 1 1/2 inches up the sides.

Bake in a preheated 375F oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until pastry is firm and light brown. FILLING: Drain canned or frozen fruit, reserving juice. Crush 1 cup of fresh fruit to make juice. Add sugar to fresh fruit and let stand 1/2 hour.

Drain juice and add water to make 1 cup. Mix cornstarch and fruit juice. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Place whole fruit in baked pastry shell. Pour thickened fruit juice over top. Chill thoroughly. Carefully remove torte from Springform pan. ALMOND COATING: Beat egg white until foamy. Gradually beat in the sugar.

beat until stiff peakes are formed. Spread the meringue around the outside of the pastry shell. Press in the almonds so that they completely cover the sides. TOPPING: Gently fold sugar and vanilla into whipped cream. Spread over the fruit. Garnish with sliced toasted almonds, if desired.

Source:
Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken

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