Galician almond tart (Tarta de Santiago)
Australian Gourmet Traveller Spanish dessert recipe for Galician almond tart
- 20 mins preparation
- 50 mins cooking plus resting
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
Tart
- 4 eggs
- 250 gm white sugar
- 1 lemon rind, finely grated
- 250 gm almond meal
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- To serve: icing sugar
Shortcrust pastry
- 200 gm plain flour
- 75 gm white sugar
- 100 gm cold butter, coarsely chopped
- 1 egg
Method
Main
- 1For shortcrust pastry, combine flour, sugar and butter in a food processor and pulse until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add egg and 1-2 tbsp cold water and pulse until pastry just comes together, then form pastry into a flat disc, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- 2Whisk eggs and sugar until pale and frothy and mixture has doubled in size. Fold through lemon rind, almond meal and cinnamon.
- 3Preheat oven to 180C. Roll out pastry on a lightly floured work surface to 3mm thick. Line a 25cm-diameter tart tin with pastry, trim edges and prick base with a fork. Spoon almond mixture into tart tin and smooth top. Bake for 50 minutes or until golden. Cool tart in pan, then remove from pan and serve dusted with icing sugar.