Linzer Tartelettes

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 50 g almonds, ground
• 100 g flour (i used spelt but any other would work, too)
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 40 g sugar (more or less depending on the sweetness of your jam)
• 100 g butter, in small pieces
• 1 small egg
• 15 tablespoons jam (cherry, raspberry, blackberry, apricot, peach... your favourite one)

Recipe

• 1 in a non-stick pan roast ground almonds without any oil or butter on medium heat until golden-brown, turning occassionally. let cool a little.
• 2 in a big bowl mix together almonds, flour, cinnamon, sugar, butter and egg. knead until a soft but not very sticky dough has formed. you might need to add more flour if it is too sticky.
• 3 form the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for 2 hours.
• 4 on a lightly floured surface roll out your dough to a thickness of about 0.5cm (1/5 inch). using a bowl or cookie-cutter of the appropriate diameter cut out circles that fit your tartelette-pan. keep in mind that youll also need a bit of dough to create the polka dots for the top.
• 5 line the molds of your tartelette pan with the dough circles. spoon 2-3 tbs of jam into each mold making sure not to fill them to the top because otherwise the jam might bubble over the edges while baking making a mess in your oven.
• 6 use the rest of the dough to cut out circles of different sizes using differently shaped glasses (like a shot glass and one for juice etc.). place those on top of the marmelade creatinf different patterns.
• 7 bake the tartelettes in the preheated oven at 190°c/ 375°f for about 20 minutes. you might want to check on them after 15 minutes.
• 8 enjoy!