Bündner Nusstorte

Name: Bündner Nusstorte
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Switzerland
Ingredients: 300g plain flour; 150g butter, cold; 100g icing sugar; 2 eggs; 300g walnuts, roughly chopped; 200g caster sugar; 200ml double cream; honey to taste

Switzerland

Every bakery in Chur has its own recipe and the debate over the best version is perpetual.

Graubünden walnut tart — a buttery pastry shell filled with caramelised walnuts and cream. The defining sweet speciality of Switzerland's largest canton.

Authentic Switzerland Bündner Nusstorte recipe

Photo: Burkhard Mücke

Prep

30 mins

Cook

40 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

495 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

300gplain flour

150gbutter, cold

100gicing sugar

2eggs

300gwalnuts, roughly chopped

200gcaster sugar

200mldouble cream

honeyto taste

Method

Make pastry: rub flour and butter. Add icing sugar and 1 egg. Chill 30 minutes.

Caramelise sugar to deep amber. Add cream carefully. Stir in walnuts and honey.

Line a tart tin with pastry. Pour in walnut filling.

Top with remaining pastry. Glaze with beaten egg. Bake at 190°C for 35-40 minutes. Cool completely.

Chef's Tip

Let filling cool slightly before pouring into pastry — very hot filling can make the base soggy.

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