Sils Maria is a fairytale in winter with the lake and the mountains, everyday you have another spectacle, but eyerytime breathtaking. Especially when the lake is frozen like a mirror, and the powder snow is blowing away by the wind from the peaks. You can just stand there full of admiration.
I often heard about “Engadiner Nusstorte“, but first time I tried to bake it in a version of my style. I made it small, and I used walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts, and the caramel I made with vanilla. You can’t stop eating it, even it is full of sugar, but so tasty.
Recipe
for the shortcrust pastry
- 250 g flour
- pinch of salt
- 80 g brown sugar
- 160 g butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 Tbsp cold water
for the caramel nut filling
- 50 g chopped walnuts
- 50 g chopped almonds
- 50 g chopped hazelnuts
- 150 g sugar
- 150 cream
- 1 Tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp honey
To make the shortcrust pastry mix the flour with salt and sugar on a working surface and knead in the butter. Then mix in with your hands the egg yolk and water until the dough comes together. Put in the fridge for about one hour.
Put the sugar in a big pan and caramelize while stirring. When you have a golden caramel put in the nuts and almonds and roast a while and stir all the time. Then pour in the cream, vanilla extract and honey and stir until everything is liquid again. Let cool down a bit.
Roll out the pastry on a floured surface and put it on the bottom of three small cake tins. Put in the filling and cover with shortcrust pastry.
Bake in the oven at 180° for about 40 minutes.
Sprinkle with icing sugar.
