Walnut and Jam Bars -Hungarian Londoni Szelet
A delicious recipe of Walnut and Jam Bars -Hungarian Londoni Szelet from Transylvania. The rosehip is the star of the recipe, but plum or lingonberry jam works too.
Servings: 24 servings
Calories: 220kcal
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons unsalted cold butter cut into small cubes
- 1 large egg
Jam layer:
- 14 ounces fruit jam You need a tart jam, not very sweet, like rosehip, plum, lingonberry, apricot
Walnuts topping:
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- zest from one lemon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¾ cups ground walnuts
Instructions
Make the crust:
If you make the dough by hand:
- In a bowl place flour, salt, sugar and baking powder together. Add cubed cold butter and work it into the flour mixture with your fingers or a pastry tool until you obtain a sandy mixture.
- Add egg and knead them together until you obtain a dough.
If you use a food processor:
- In a food processor, place flour, salt, sugar and baking powder together.
- Add butter and pulse 3-4 times or until you obtain a dough that has a sandy texture.
- Add egg and pulse few more times until you obtain a dough.
- Shape the dough into a thick disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the walnuts topping:
- Beat the eggs until frothy, then add the sugar and the zest of the lemon. Beat again until creamy. Incorporate the ground walnuts.
- Preheat the oven to 350F/180C.
- Lightly flour the dough and the table surface and roll the dough to the size of a 9x13 inch(23/33cm) baking pan.
- Place the dough in the baking pan.
- Spread a layer of jam over it.
- Spread the walnut mixture over the jam.
- Place the baking pan inside the oven and bake for 40 minutes.
- When cool, cut in squares and serve. This bars should be kept room temperature in a dry, cool place(closed container). They last about 14 days.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 118mg | Potassium: 74mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 197IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg
