Royal Layered Tart
Origin: Buenos Aires
Source: Margarita Uriburu de Ibarguren, 1890
Ingredients
- puff pastry (hojaldre), for three layers
- dulce de leche or manjar blanco (white milk-and-almond pudding)
- peach preserve (dulce de durazno)
- sour-cherry or strawberry preserve (dulce de guindas o fresas)
- almond paste (peeled ground almonds with sugar and cinnamon)
- lemon preserve (dulce de limón)
- high-point syrup (for the glaze)
- confits and huevos hilados (spun egg-yolk threads), to garnish
Instructions
- Cut three sheets of puff pastry and bake them one at a time.
- Layer the bottom sheet with dulce de leche (or manjar blanco) then peach preserve.
- Add the second pastry sheet, then cherry/strawberry preserve and almond paste.
- Add lemon preserve and close with the third pastry sheet.
- Glaze with syrup, bake a quarter hour, and garnish with confits and huevos hilados.