Dark Chocolate and Caramel Nut Tart

Name: Dark Chocolate and Caramel Nut Tart
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 5 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ cup (125 ml) salted butter, chilled and cut in cubes; ¾ cup (75 g) hazelnuts, chopped and toasted; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) chilled water; 1¼ cups (325 mL) all-purpose flour; ¼ cup (50 mL) soft brown sugar; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) water; 1 cup less 2 Tbsp (200 mL) granulated sugar; ¼ cup (30 ml) butter; 1½ cups (350 mL) whipping cream; ½ lb (250 g) hazelnuts, shelled and toasted, or toasted pine nuts; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 3¼ cups (800 ml) whipping cream; 5 or (150 g) dark chocolate, broken in pieces

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
6 hr

Appears in

Caramel

By Trish Deseine

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

For the pastry

½ cup (125 ml) salted butter, chilled and cut in cubes
1¼ cups (

Europe
Italy
Florence
Pie
Vegetarian
Microwave
Mediterranean

Method

To prepare the pastry, put all the ingredients (apart from the water) in the bowl of a food processor, or a large mixing bowl using your fingertips to combine, and mix to obtain a fine crumbly texture. Add sufficient of the chilled water to bind the mixture, shape into a ball, and chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

Roll out the pastry and use it to line the base and sides of a