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Linzertorte

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:01:46 -0400

Oliver Sellers-Garcia made the delicious Linzertortes that were part of the desert at the wedding. He perfected the following recipe through months of experimentation with various recipes, especially Gordon's family recipe.

1 cup whole hazelnuts

1 cup animal crackers

1 lemon

1 10 oz jar of raspberry preserves

3 egg yolks

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp allspice

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour

Toast hazelnuts at 350 degrees for 15 or until aromatic and some of the skins start to darken. Remove from heat and place directly into a dishtowel, rubbing the nuts until most of the skins are removed. Set aside and cool. Grind cooled nuts in food processor until they reach a consistency of cornmeal. Remove from processor.

Grind the animal crackers in the food processor until they are a fine crumb. Use enough crackers to produce 1/2 cup of crumbs (1 cup whole crackers is about right).

Zest lemon skin and set aside. In a small bowl, mix entire jar of jam with juice of the lemon.

In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the egg yolks and sugar for 30 seconds until light in color. Add butter and vanilla, followed by cookie crumbs, allspice, cinnamon, salt and lemon zest. When this is incorporated, add the chopped hazelnuts and flour in 1-cup increments. Mix until dough is formed.

Place dough on a clean surface and separate into two slightly unequal portions. Roll the smaller ball of dough between two sheets of parchment paper into a disk approximately 12 inches in diameter. Remove paper from one side and invert uncovered side into a 9 1/2-inch tart pan whose base has been lined with parchment paper and adhered to the base with butter. Remove the remaining sheet of parchment that is covering the disk of dough. Gently lift the dough and place neatly into the corners of the pan, using excess dough to fill in any holes. Trim excess dough so that none protrudes beyond the top of the pan.

Fill the shell with the jam mixture. Using the second portion of dough, hand-roll ropes of dough (1/4 to 1/2 inch thick) and place on top of the jam/shell to create a lattice. Use any remaining dough to form a ring around the inside of the shell, covering all the points at which the lattice meets the shell.

Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes or until brown. Cool on a metal rack.

Travel & Lodging

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:10:39 -0400

We have reserved rooms at two different hotels within a block of the library - the Lenox Hotel and the Charlesmark Hotel**. Both room blocks will be available for our guests until July 31st.

Rooms at the Lenox start at $259 for a standard room, and rooms at the Charlesmark are either $179 or $219. Be warned that the Charlesmark is a very small hotel with only 40 rooms total, so rooms here are likely to sell out over the holiday weekend.

The Lenox

61 Exeter Street

Boston, MA 02116

617-421-4936 (phone)

617-266-7905 (fax)

The Charlesmark Hotel

655 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116

Tel: 617-247-1212

Fax: 617-247-1224

**Guests wanting to stay at the Charlesmark should contact manager Kyle Pinto at 617-247-1212.

You may also be able to get a good hotel deal on Priceline or Hotwire; if using one of these websites, choose the "Back Bay" neighborhood of Boston, and you'll be very close to our wedding events.

As far as transportation goes, we recommend that our guests not rent cars. Parking is difficult and expensive in downtown Boston, and driving and navigation in the city can be a real nightmare. Because of this, we have chosen locations that are easily accessible by Boston's "T" subway system. The wedding and hotels are all within a block of the Copley Square T station, reachable on any of the Green Line "T" trains. Cabs are also readily available in downtown. For more information about getting around, check out the MBTA's website and trip planner.

Rehearsal Dinner

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:21:42 -0400

Registry

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:50:13 -0400

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Ceremony & Reception

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:28:13 -0400

To Do in Boston

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:54:19 -0400

Boston and Cambridge are amazing cities with a lot to do, and if the weather is nice you can have a great time just walking around downtown Boston and enjoying America's Walking City (but not according to those fakers at the Brookings Institute).

Some sites we love within walking distance of Copley Square:

Newbury Street (fancy and budget shopping, cafes, excellent people watching)

Boston Common

Boston Public Garden (where the famous Swan Boats are)

The Freedom Trail

Massachusetts State House

Beacon Hill

Faneuil Hall (tourist trap, but nice to walk around and get a view of City Hall)

Other sites further afield in Boston:

Boston Duck Tours

MFA or ICA Museums

JFK Library and Museum

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Or...you can hop over the bridge to Cambridge (Our Fair City) and see some great stuff. Sure, there's Harvard Square, but why not try something new?:

Harvard and MIT campuses (well, MIT campus is maybe not so great, but it does have a new and controversial Frank Gehry building...)

Harvard Museum of Natural History (the glass flowers are unique and incredible)

Central Square (the one and only)

Charles River Esplanade (a nice walk from Boston to Cambridge and back)

Sunday Breakfast

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:53:32 -0400

The morning after the wedding, please feel free to stop by the Lenox for a very informal breakfast buffet with us and our families in the hotel's upstairs conference room, hosted by the Loeb, Williams, Wright, Donnell, Howell, McManus, Montgomery, Ginsburg, and Wallenstein families.

Breakfast will be available from 10AM to noon on Sunday.

RSVP

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:31:53 -0400

Let us know whether you'll be joining us for the ceremony on Saturday Aug 30 by using the online RVSP form.