Joulutorttu Explained

A (Finnish lit. "Yule tart", ; sometimes known as "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.

s 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 each year.^[1]

See also

• List of pastries

External links

• • Web site: Glossary of Finnish Dishes . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055515/http://www.dlc.fi/~marianna/gourmet/gl_finn.htm#j . 21 September 2013.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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. 2022-12-04. www.iltalehti.fi. fi.