A classic of Austrian Christmas baking: delicate triangles of quark pastry, filled with jam and dusted with icing sugar while still hot. Julia fills them with a quick redcurrant jam that she makes herself with Vinberg Verjus Extra Sour and chia seeds. If you are in a hurry, use a ready-made fruit spread. The recipe is by Julia (@julia.ohnehistamin).

Polsterzipfl: Austrian quark pastry triangles with redcurrant jam

Julia (@julia.ohnehistamin)

Tender quark-pastry triangles filled with jam and dusted with icing sugar while still hot, plus a quick chia jam made with Verjus Extra Sour.

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Chilling time 1

Total Time 2

Course Baking

Cuisine Austrian

Servings 2 baking trays

Ingredients

For the pastry

1 egg
250 g butter soft, in pieces
250 g low-fat quark
420 g flour
1 pinch salt
icing sugar for dusting

For the filling

jam of your choice, or homemade

For the quick jam (optional)

fruit of your choice e.g. redcurrants
Vinberg Verjus Extra Sour
sweetener of your choice e.g. agave syrup
chia seeds to taste

Instructions

Pastry

Separate the egg.
Mix the yolk, butter, quark, flour and salt and knead the dough for 2 minutes.
Shape into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for 1 hour.

Shape and bake

Towards the end of the chilling time, preheat the oven to 200 °C (conventional) and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Roll out the dough on a well-floured surface into a rectangle about 2–3 mm thick and cut into squares of about 6 cm with a pizza cutter.
Place half a teaspoon of jam on each square, brush the edges with egg white, fold into triangles and press firmly.
Bake the trays one after the other for about 15 minutes until golden, and dust with icing sugar while still hot.

Notes

For the quick jam, bring fruit of your choice, such as redcurrants, to the boil with Vinberg Verjus Extra Sour and a sweetener of your choice, stir in chia seeds to taste and chill. If you are short of time, use a ready-made fruit spread. How well individual ingredients are tolerated varies from person to person.

Keyword Christmas baking, Polsterzipfl, quark pastry, redcurrant jam, Verjus extra sour