Tarta de Santiago

Name: Tarta de Santiago
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 250g ground almonds; 250g sugar; 5 eggs; Zest of 1 lemon; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; Icing sugar and a paper cross of Saint James, to decorate

Tarta de Santiago/TAR-tah deh san-tee-AH-goh/

Also known as: Santiago Almond Cake, Galician Almond Cake

About this dish

A moist almond cake from Galicia, dusted with icing sugar around the cross of Saint James.

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Ingredients

🌰250g ground almonds

🍬250g sugar

🥚5 eggs

🍋Zest of 1 lemon

🌿1/2 tsp cinnamon

🍚Icing sugar and a paper cross of Saint James, to decorate

Method

Serves 2

Beat the eggs and sugar until pale.

Fold in the ground almonds, lemon zest and cinnamon.

Pour into a greased and lined 24cm tin.

Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 35–40 minutes until golden and just firm. Cool.

Lay the paper cross in the centre, dust with icing sugar and lift the cross away.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tarta de Santiago, from Santiago de Compostela, has protected status; it's traditionally made with almonds, eggs and sugar and no flour.

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