Apricot Linzertorte with Quark Whipped Cream
You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Apricot Linzertorte with Quark Whipped Cream a try. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 33g of fat, and a total of 488 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have cocoa powder, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 10-inchspringform pan. Process nuts and 1/4 cupflour in processor until nuts are finelyground.
Whiskin 1 cup flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, 3/4teaspoon salt, and cloves. Using electricmixer, beat 14 tablespoons butter and 1 1/4cups sugar in large bowl. Beat in egg, thenegg yolk and orange peel. Gradually stir indry ingredients. Spoon 1 1/2 cups batter intopastry bag fitted with 3/8-inch plain roundtip.
Spread remaining batter in pan.
Bake torte bottom until golden, about35 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes.Maintain oven temperature.
Using some of batter in pastry bag, pipeborder around edge of torte bottom.
Spreadpreserves evenly over torte bottom. Piperemaining batter over preserves in latticepattern, 5 to 6 strips in each direction.
Bakeuntil lattice is firm to touch and preservesare bubbling, about 40 minutes. Coolcompletely. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 daysahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
Beat cream in bowl until peaks form;beat in quark. Dust torte with powderedsugar.
Serve with quark whipped cream.
* A slightly tangy, soft unripened cow's-milkcheese; available at some supermarketsand at specialty foods stores (such as Whole
Foods markets) and natural foods stores.
If you don't havea pastry bag, spoon the batter into aresealable plastic bag. Twist bag at top,grasp top firmly, and cut off enough of1 corner to form a 3/8-inch-wide opening.Chefs Andrew Chase and Erwin Schrottnerare co-owners of Café Katja in Manhattan.