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Apfeltorte

4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g Flour
• 125 g butter
• 2 EL sour cream
• 2 Stk Egg yolk (for dough)
• 160 g Sugar
• 1 Stk Egg yolk (for glazing)
• Currant jam (nach Bedarf)
• Apples (nach Bedarf)
• 100 g Raisins
• Breadcrumbs (nach Bedarf)
• 4 Stk Egg yolk (for filling)
• 70 g Almonds or nuts (blanched, grated)
• 1 Stk Lemon (grated zest)
• Cinnamon (nach Bedarf)
• Sugar (for the filling) (nach Bedarf)
• 4 Stk Egg white

Instructions

1. Work flour, butter, sour cream, egg yolk and sugar into a smooth dough.
2. Let rest for one hour.
3. Line a cake pan with three-quarters of the dough.
4. Fill with the apple filling and spread redcurrant jam on top.
5. Form a lattice from the remaining dough and place on the filling.
6. Brush with beaten egg yolk.
7. Bake until golden brown at moderate heat (about 175 °C).
8. For the apple filling, peel the apples (6–10 pieces depending on size), remove the core and cut into thicker slices.
9. Mix with raisins and a little breadcrumbs.
10. Whisk the egg yolks until creamy and mix with grated almonds or nuts, grated lemon zest, a little cinnamon and sugar to taste.
11. Fold under the apple mixture.
12. Finally, carefully fold in the stiff egg white of four eggs.

Based on a cookbook by Hans Hofer (1964), adapted with AI.