Walnut Pie (Engadiner Nusstorte)

Step 1

Sift flour, cut butter into small cubes (set aside till reached room temperature)

Step 2

Add all ingredients into a bowl and form to a dough

Step 3

Set aside (covered) in fridge for 40-60 minutes.

Step 4

Take dough out, keep about 1/3 for the top crust.

Step 5

Roll out the rest of the dough and line out pie tin

Step 6

-In a sauce pan heat the sugar until golden and caramelized, add walnuts – ensure that they all are coated with the caramelized sugar

Step 7

Add the cream and let bring to a boil

Step 8

Remove from heat Let cool down

Step 9

Then add mixture (not too hot) evenly into the lined out pie tin

Step 10

Cover with rolled out dough and cover the pie tin. Ensure that the cover reaches the edge press edges or alternatively make into strips like a lattice.

Step 11

Turn oven on to 430 degrees put pie in as it heat up for 10 minutes, then turn down the temperature to 350 F for approx. 25-35 min or /and till golden brown

Step 12

Take out

Step 13

Let cool and then serve with whipped cream / ice cream or simply coffee.