Tuorta da Nusch

Name: Tuorta da Nusch
Yield: Servings 8
Cuisine: Swiss
Ingredients: 250 ml (1 cup) heavy cream; 100 g (⅓ cup) honey; 300 g (3 cups) walnuts, roughly chopped; 250 g (1¼ cups) sugar; 1 egg, lightly beaten; ½ tsp salt; 300 g (2⅓ cups) flour; 150 g (⅔ cup) butter, cold; 1 egg; 100 g (½ cup) sugar; Pinch of salt

A Buttery Crust Bursting with Caramel Walnuts

Preparation info

Servings
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simply Swiss

By Andie Pilot

Published 2025

About

Tuorta da Nusch, or Engadiner Nusstorte, is one of Graubünden’s most popular cakes and, due to its long shelf life, often bought by tourists to take home. It consists of a thick, buttery crust encasing a caramelly, walnut filling.

Ingredients

Dough

300 g (2⅓ cups) flour
100 g (½

Europe
Switzerland
GraubÃ¼nden
Mediterranean
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Dough

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar and salt. Add the cold butter in pieces and rub into the flour mixture with your fingers until you have small flakes.

Make a well in the middle of the flour, add the egg, and mix gently until a dough forms. Shape the dough into a disc, wrap, and let cool in the fridge for about an hour.