![]() And for me, a third thing, which was that I was terrified that whole time I finally baked it at home this week, worried that I would not do a favorite recipe from one of my favorite cooks justice.īut what I hadn’t considered is that about halfway through the baking time, my apartment became filled with the aromatic blend of walnuts, cinnamon, cloves and lemon zest that is distinctly, wonderfully December to me. My friend’s mom’s linzer torte is indeed Heatter’s linzer torte, which automatically means two things: It won’t be terribly hard to make because the directions will tell you everything you need to know and it will be the best linzer torte you’ve ever made. Imagine what she could do with a black truffle explosion! I mean, remember when she showed us how easy Dobos Torte could be to make? Dobos Torte. Her mother is an excellent cook and baker, and the one that introduced me to Maida Heatter, from whom you should buy every book, immediately, without questioning me because her recipes are detailed without being irritatingly so, charmingly written*, and will never lead you astray. I am lucky enough to join a high school friend for Christmas Eve dinner every year, and her mom always includes squares of incredible linzer torte in her array of Holiday Baking Wonders. I mean, sure there’s something else you could contribute to the holiday baking curriculum, maybe one of your favorites instead?Īnd this has been my feeling about linzer torte for all of the years since we first met at this url in 2006. It’s their thing, not yours, thus there’s clearly no way you could do it justice. It feels almost wrong to make someone else’s signature dish, to meddle. Tarts can be made up to 2 days ahead, covered tightly and stored at room temperature.I think if you were to rank foods in order of how intimidating they are to cook, at the bottom of the list would be stuff you throw together any night of the week without a recipe, the top would be basically anything Grant Achatz has ever made and then maybe, just barely a notch below would be a dish that someone you love and respect makes so perfectly that you consider it to be “their” recipe.
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