Linzer torte

[ lin-zer tawrt ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

, plural Lin·zer tortes.

1. a sweet pastry, often made with powdered nuts, having a filling of red jam and a lattice crust.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Linzer torte¹

1905–10; < German: literally, Linz torte

Example Sentences

It was his first restaurant as chef and owner, the start of a minor Austrian empire that now includes Blaue Gans, where there are more wursts on the menu and more elbows on the tables, and Café Sabarsky in the Neue Galerie museum, where people sit upright over cups of milchkaffee and slim wedges of Linzer torte.

From New York Times

Released in Germany in 2014, “Kings of Kallstadt”—which includes an interview conducted by the sensibly shod Wendel, Linzer torte in hand, with Donald Trump at his gleaming Trump Tower offices—was made before Trump’s Presidential bid.

From The New Yorker

The deft engineering maneuvers required to navigate the monumental and ingenious Main-Danube Canal through 16 locks fitted the emotional maneuvers I was working to execute, too, in order to absorb all of the schnitzel and Linzer torte, the soft towels and hard history, the beauty and the cruelty that marked this trip.

From Seattle Times

The deft engineering maneuvers required to navigate the monumental and ingenious Main-Danube Canal through 16 locks fitted the emotional maneuvers I was working to execute, too, in order to absorb all of the schnitzel and Linzer torte, the soft towels and hard history, the beauty and the cruelty that marked this trip.

From New York Times

Now, where’s that Linzer torte you promised me?

From Slate