Tarta de Santiago (Galician Almond Tart)

Recipe courtesy Pilar Sanchez

Show: Melting PotEpisode: Mediterranean: Birthday Celebration

Rated: 2 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (3)

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45 min
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Prep: 30 min
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Cook: 45 min
Total:: 1 hr 15 min

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Ingredients

For the pastry:

1 egg
2/3 cup sugar
Generous 1 cup flour

For the filling:

4 eggs
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 unwaxed lemon, peel grated
2 cups ground almonds
Pinch ground cinnamon
Flour, for rolling out
Butter, for greasing
Confectioners' sugar, for sprinkling

Directions

Beat together the egg, sugar and 1 to 2 tablespoons of warm water until light and creamy. Gradually fold in the flour until the mixture leaves the sides of the bowl clean. For the filling, beat together the eggs and sugar until creamy. Fold in the lemon rind, ground almonds and cinnamon. Roll out the pastry to 1/8-inch thick on a floured work surface. Line a greased, loose-bottomed 10-inch tart pan with the pastry. Prick it all over with a fork and spoon the filling on top. Bake in a preheated oven at 355 degrees F for about 30 minutes, until golden brown. Leave the almond tart to cool in the pan. Once cool, transfer it to a serving plate and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving. A St. James' cross template can be used, if liked.

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recipe Tarta de Santiago (Galician Almond Tart)
Annette Redondo Beach, CA 07-31-2009
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Crust recipe is wrong
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

The crust recipe is wrong. 1 cup of flour was not enough...way under. I kept adding flour and was very worried about it being... tough. The filling wasn't like the ones in Spain more like a sponge cake with almonds rather than a 'set' custardy tarta I've had. Read more
recipe Tarta de Santiago (Galician Almond Tart)
Dale Wilson's Beach, DC 09-05-2008
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The Crust
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I like the Tarta and it is very close two those served in Spain but the crust is a miserable excuse for crust. I tried it... three times and it was a tough mess each time so I switched to my favourite pie crust.Read more
recipe Tarta de Santiago (Galician Almond Tart)
susan hellertown, PA 03-19-2007
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Not good
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

after making this tart it was just that very tart and didn't taste good at all