Westfirðingur skyrterta

Skyrtorte in the Westfjords style

In the south of Iceland I used to always know Skyrterta as a "real cake" and in the form of a piece of cake. In the Westfjords, people tend to eat their skyrterta as a kind of dessert, unbaked and served in a large, shallow bowl or something similar - it only takes a few minutes to prepare the recipe, but it should then sit well for at least 24 hours before it tastes good it best!

I got to know and love this recipe in Isafjörður in 2015.

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Ingredients

200 g oatmeal cookies
80 g melted butter
1 tsp cinnamon
450 g vanilla skyr
1 tsp ground vanilla
350 ml whipping cream
250 g cherry jelly
2 Tbsp grated chocolate


Preparation

Roughly chop the oatmeal cookies and mix with the melted butter and cinnamon. Then press the mixture firmly into the bottom of the shallow baking dish.

Whip the cream until stiff, mix with the vanilla Skyr and the ground vanilla and then spread the Skyr mixture onto the firmly pressed biscuit mixture in the mold.

Spread the cherry jelly over the skyr mixture and sprinkle with the grated chocolate.

Then let the whole thing soak in the fridge for at least 24 hours and serve as dessert.

[Translated from here.]