Recipes from Great, Great, Great Grandmothers 160 year old German cookbook are recreated by me...her modern day, cooking-impaired descendant.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Mürbeteich - Part One - The Recipe

So, my plan to post a recipe every couple weeks was obviously wishful thinking...but here's the next...

The Recipe


The Transcription

Mürbeteich

Man wäßern 3/4 Pf. Butter gut aus und knäde sie tüchtig durch. nun nimt man 1 1/4 (Pf.?) Mehl  1/2 Pf. Zuker, von 6 Eier das Gelbe, den Zucker und die Eier rührt man mit etwas vom Mehl durch einander, das übrige knetet man mit die Butter allens zusammen durch daß es ein steifer Teich wird.
Dieser Teich kann man zu großen und kleinen Kuchen verwenden. Die kleinen Kuchen werden erst in Eiweiß umgekehrt und dan mit Zucker und Madde(?) (Mandeln) bestreut.

The Translation

Shortpastry  Dough

Remove the water* from 3/4 pound butter and knead the butter well. Now take 1 1/4 (pound?) flour, 1/2 pound sugar, the yolk of 6 eggs. The sugar and eggs are stirred together with a little bit of the  flour. The rest of the flour is kneaded in, together with the butter, so that it makes a stiff dough.
This dough can be used for cakes or cookies. The cookies are first turned in egg whites and then sprinkled with sugar and almonds

*[Translator's note: This probably means, that large amounts of homemade butter was salted in order to preserve it, which created some water.]

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