Linzer Torte

Directions

1. 1
   Cream the butter, sugar and eggs together.
2. 2
   Add the flour, lemon rind and the nuts.
3. 3
   Knead for thirty minutes.
4. 4
   Break off three-quarters of the dough and roll into a round about nine inches across and one inch high.
5. 5
   Take a plate which is about eight inches across and press into the round until
6. 6
   you have an indentation of about half an inch.
7. 7
   Put the pastry in a flan tin, and spread it evenly with the jam.
8. 8
   Roll out the remaining pastry thinly, and cut into strips.
9. 9
   Weave the strips of pastry across the top to form a lattice.
10. 10
    Bake in a medium oven for one hour.