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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. CAKE: | 2. Mix flour and sugar. | 3. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. | 4. Add egg yolks; mix to form dough. | 5. Press dough into bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan. | 6. Dough should come 1 1/2 inches up the sides. | 7. Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until pastry is firm and light brown. | 8. FILLING: | 9. Drain canned or frozen fruit, reserving juice. | 10. Crush 1 cup of fresh fruit to make juice. | 11. Add sugar to fresh fruit and let stand 1/2 hour. | 12. Drain juice and add water to make 1 cup. | 13. Mix cornstarch and fruit juice. | 14. Cook over medium heat until thickened. | 15. Place whole fruit in baked pastry shell. | 16. Pour thickened fruit juice over top. | 17. Chill thoroughly. | 18. Carefully remove torte from springform pan. | 19. ALMOND COATING: | 20. Beat egg white until foamy. | 21. Gradually beat in the sugar. beat until stiff peaks are formed. | 22. Spread the meringue around the outside of the pastry shell. | 23. Press in the almonds so that they completely cover the sides. | 24. TOPPING: | 25. Gently fold sugar and vanilla into whipped cream. | 26. Spread over the fruit. | 27. Garnish with sliced toasted almonds, if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	2	cups	unbleached	729.12	53.6256	63.5208	34.692
sugar	1/4	cup		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
butter	1	cup	unsalted	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
egg yolk	2			109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
fruit	4	cups	canned	100.32	23.8128	4.3296	0.6864
sugar	1/2	cup	used	159.9	30.004	5.005	2.496
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cornstarch	2	tablespoons		60.96	14.6032	0.0416	0.008
egg white	1			17.16	0.2409	3.597	0.0561
sugar	1	tablespoon		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
almond	1/2	cup	toasted sliced	963.56	0.0	0.0	109.0
sugar	2	tablespoons		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
heavy cream	1	cup	whipped	408.0	3.2880000000000003	3.408	43.29600000000001

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.