Tarte de Amêndoa

Name: Tarte de Amêndoa
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: For pastry: 200g plain flour; 100g butter; 80g sugar; 2 egg yolks; For filling: 200g ground almonds; 150g sugar; 4 eggs; 100g butter, melted; zest of 1 lemon; 1 tsp cinnamon

Portuguese almond tart — a buttery shell filled with rich egg and almond cream, popular throughout the Algarve.

Total time

65 min

Prep

25 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Portuguese

Vegetarian

Ingredients

For pastry: 200gplain flour

100gbutter

80gsugar

2egg yolks

For filling: 200gground almonds

150gsugar

4eggs

100gbutter, melted

zest of 1lemon

1 tspcinnamon

Instructions

Make shortcrust pastry. Line a 24cm tart tin. Blind bake 15 minutes at 180°C.

Mix all filling ingredients together until smooth.

Pour filling into the pastry case.

Bake at 170°C for 30–35 minutes until golden and set.

Cool before serving.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1157

Protein

24g

Fat

73g

Carbs

109g

Fiber

8.3g

Sodium

83mg

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