Joulutorttu

This article is about the pastry. For the Eläkeläiset album, see Joulutorttu (album).

A joulutorttu (Finnish: [ˈjou̯luˌtortːu], lit. "Yule tart", Swedish: jultårta; sometimes known as tähtitorttu [ˈtæhtiˌtortːu], "star tart") is a Finnish Christmas pastry. It is traditionally made from puff pastry in the shape of a star or pinwheel and filled with prune jam and often dusted with icing sugar. The pastries can be in other shapes and apple used in place of the prune jam.

Joulutorttus are mostly made in Finland but also in Sweden.

In 2020, a company that sells the dough estimated that the average Finn eats about 18 pieces of joulutorttu each year.[1]

History

The Finnish joulutorttu developed in the 19th century from plum-filled pastries originating in England. The recipe originally came via Sweden when it was published in the cookbook Hjelpreda i hushållningen för unga fruentimber, which was written by Cajsa Warg and published in 1755.[2][3]


See also

References

  1. ^ "Salainen "laminointi" tekee joulutortusta superlehtevää – kone taittelee melkein sata taikinakerrosta" [The secret of "lamination" makes Christmas star tarts super puffy – The machine folds almost a hundred layers of dough]. www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Missä ovat joulutortun juuret?". Sveriges Radio (in Finnish). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ^ Sirpa Salonen (22 December 2015). "Makeaa jo faaraoiden ajalla". Vaasan (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  • Media related to Joulutorttu at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Glossary of Finnish Dishes". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.


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