Linzer torte and rhubarb pie recipe

150 GRAM FLOUR

125 GRAM COLD BUTTER, cubed

100 GRAM SUGAR

3 EGGS

100 GRAM ALMOND PASTE

RIND AND JUICE FROM 1/2 LEMON

PINCH OF CINNAMON POWDER

200 GRAM JAM

1 KG RHUBARB, cleaned and sliced

100 GRAM SUGAR

2 TBSP FLOUR

400 GRAM PUFF PASTRY

Cook 2 of the eggs for 10 minutes, take out the yolks and puree them. Put the cooked yolks together with the raw yolks (whites are discarded), flour, butter, sugar, almond paste, cinnamon and lemon juice and rind and knead this for some minutes. Set a quarter of the dough aside for decoration, roll out the remainder of the dough and line a greased pie mold with it. Distribute the jam over this bottom, roll out the rest of the dough, cut it in strips and decorate the pie with it. Bake the pie 35 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.

See also a recipe for Linzer cookies. Linz is a city in the North of Austria, on the river Danube and birth place of the composer Bruckner.

On 15 May 1955, the Austrian Independence Treaty was signed in Vienna at Schloss Belvedere between Austria, the UK, the USA, the Soviet Union and France, re-establishing independence. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and celebration.

Divide the pastry into two pieces and roll them out into large circles. Line a greased pie mold with the first one, mix the rhubarb with the sugar and flour and spoon this into the pie. Close off with the second circle. Bake the pie 45 minutes at 17o degrees Celsius

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	Linzer torte		Rhubarb pie
	150 GRAM FLOUR 125 GRAM COLD BUTTER, cubed 100 GRAM SUGAR 3 EGGS 100 GRAM ALMOND PASTE RIND AND JUICE FROM 1/2 LEMON PINCH OF CINNAMON POWDER 200 GRAM JAM		1 KG RHUBARB, cleaned and sliced 100 GRAM SUGAR 2 TBSP FLOUR 400 GRAM PUFF PASTRY
Cook 2 of the eggs for 10 minutes, take out the yolks and puree them. Put the cooked yolks together with the raw yolks (whites are discarded), flour, butter, sugar, almond paste, cinnamon and lemon juice and rind and knead this for some minutes. Set a quarter of the dough aside for decoration, roll out the remainder of the dough and line a greased pie mold with it. Distribute the jam over this bottom, roll out the rest of the dough, cut it in strips and decorate the pie with it. Bake the pie 35 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius. See also a recipe for Linzer cookies. Linz is a city in the North of Austria, on the river Danube and birth place of the composer Bruckner. On 15 May 1955, the Austrian Independence Treaty was signed in Vienna at Schloss Belvedere between Austria, the UK, the USA, the Soviet Union and France, re-establishing independence. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and celebration.		Divide the pastry into two pieces and roll them out into large circles. Line a greased pie mold with the first one, mix the rhubarb with the sugar and flour and spoon this into the pie. Close off with the second circle. Bake the pie 45 minutes at 17o degrees Celsius
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