Description
Joulutortut in butter, cheese, and apple cider vinegar.
Ingredients
Scale
Pastry
- 1 cup butter, cubed and at room temperature
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1½ cup pastry flour, sifted
- 10 oz prune jam (if not making homemade)
Prune Jam Filling (if making homemade)
- 1 cup dried prunes
- 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
- ~1.5 cups water
Instructions
Stage 1: Create Dough
- Use your hands to mix butter and flour together. Your goal here is to get a crumbly consistency
- Add the ricotta and vinegar and mix the dough together, which will have a fairly wet and sticky consistency to it
- Roll the dough into a ball and place uncovered in the refrigerator for an hour. The dough will firm during this time.
Stage 2: Create Prune Jam Filling (if making it homemade)
- While the dough is in the fridge, begin heating the water and coconut sugar for the prune jam filling in a small saucepan over high heat
- Add the dried prunes and bring to a boil before simmering for 15-20 minutes. Stir frequently during this time
- Once the prunes are soft, either use a strainer or a fork to mash the prunes to get your desired consistency for the jam
Stage 3: Roll Out and Cut Dough
- Take the dough from the fridge and place on a well-floured surface. The dough, while firm, is still fairly wet, so the flour will be needed to keep it from sticking
- Use a well-floured rolling pin to flatten the dough to about ¼ inch thickness
- Cut the dough into squares and transfer the squares onto a oiled baking sheet
Stage 4: Shape Pastries and Add Jam
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
- To make the pastry, make a small incision from close to the center of the square pastry to the corner. Repeat for all four corners. Note: Do not cut from the center – Leave enough uncut space in the center of the dough to place the jam
- Add a small dollop of prune jam into the middle
- Start at one corner and fold one outside point into the center. Repeat for all four corners. Your pastry should have corner points that alternate one folded, one left alone.
- Slightly pinch in the middle to bind the dough together above the jam
- Brush either melted butter or egg wash over the pastry (optional)
- Place in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown
- Prep Time: 1 hour, 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Finnish