Switzerland is a beautiful mountainous country. Full of deep, green valleys, beautiful little villages, and famous resorts, it is bordered on the Northwest by France, on the Northeast by Germany and in the South by Italy. Lichtenstein and Austria border it on the East. All of these countries have influenced Switzerland with the people speaking the language of the country they are closest too. This means, there is a not a lot of indigenous Swiss food, although they are well known for the wonderful chocolates and their pastries.
After searching through several cookbooks I finally found a sweet treat that actually originated in Switzerland:
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Engadiner Nusstorte or Caramelized Walnut Pie from the Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine is a long alpine valley located in the canton of Graubünden in southeast Switzerland. It is located in the area that saw, in the 1900s an emergence of a generation of Pastry Cooks who immigrated to all parts of the world and opened Swiss Pastry shops. This pie was probably the invention of on of those great pastry making families or at least so said Nick Malgieri in A Baker’s Tour.
Lucky for me, and you, the recipe is actually on Nick’s site – HERE!! How glad I was to find it ’cause it is a LONG recipe.
His, by the way, is beautiful in the book. Mine – not so much. BUT IT IS YUMMY!!!But as I finish this post, I am also finishing the last piece – well, except for the quarter in the Freezer – but that is for another day!!!
June 11, 2009 at 9:12 PM
This looks amazing! I will have to check-out the recipe!
June 11, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Yum! It looks like heaven!
June 12, 2009 at 3:16 AM
It looks a lot like the picture, wonderful treat!
June 14, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Hello TeaLady,
What a wonderful recipe!! Thanks for introducing me to Nick Malgieri! I can’t wait to check out the rest of his website.
I was browsing around your blog … you have such a delightful blog. Looking forward to visiting again!
Take care,
Rosa
June 14, 2009 at 10:38 AM
hey, how do u eat all those yummy cakes n pies n not grow FAT? i guess having The Hunk around helps…
June 15, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Yum!!!
June 22, 2009 at 6:10 PM
If you ever go there is the most wonderful cake shop in Interlaken that does the most wonderful strawberry, cream & puff pastry creation! and it comes with perfect views of the Jungfrau.
I adore Switzerland, such a pretty country.
December 11, 2009 at 9:39 PM
If you ever go there is the most wonderful cake shop in Interlaken that does the most wonderful strawberry, cream & puff pastry creation! and it comes with perfect views of the Jungfrau.
I adore Switzerland, such a pretty country.