Torta Chilena - Chilean Pastry

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Sweet dough baked in the oven, filled with dulce de leche, and sprinkled with powdered sugar.


  • Cooking Time: 1 Hour 30 min
  • Yield: 10 servings
  • Level: Easy

Ingredients

  • For the filling:

  • 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour

  • 3 cubes butter

  • 1 teaspoon sugar

  • 2 eggs

  • 4 tablespoons ice water

  • Salt to taste

  • 1 1/2 cups dulce de leche

  • 1 cup powder sugar


Directions

  1. Combine flour, butter, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Add eggs; stir. Add ice water, one tablespoon at a time, stirring with a fork until dough forms.

  2. Turn dough out onto a floured board and knead for 1 minute. Roll rounded tablespoons of dough into medium-sized balls. Place the dough balls in the freezer for one hour. Take each ball out of the freezer and roll each of them 1/10 to 1/9-inch thick rectangular shape. Pock layer of dough with a fork.

  3. Preheat oven at 572° F (300° C). Butter baking sheets. Bake until light brown. Stack each layer, spreading dulce de leche in between. Spread remaining dulce de leche on top layer. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top.

Last updated: Nov 18, 2023