How to make it

  • Base:
  • In bowl, stir crumbs with butter. Press onto bottom and up sides of 9 inch round or square tart pan with removeable bottom. Bake 350 oven for 10 minutes or until set. Be careful not to let it burn Let cool completely on rack.
  • Caramel Filling:
  • In heavy saucepan, bring sugar, water and corn syrup to boil without stirring brushing down side of pan with wet pastry brush, for about 8 minutes or until caramel color. Remove from heat; whisk in butter, then nuts & cream. Pour onto prepared crust. Rfrigerate for about 1 hour or until set.
  • Ganache:
  • In saucepan heat cream just until boiling; pour over chocolate and butter in bowl; whisking until melted and smooth. Let cool slightly. Pour over caramel filling. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours until set. (Make ahead and refrigerate up to 2 days)
  • Topping:
  • Arrange nuts closely together on foil linted baking sheet. In saucepan, bring sugar and water to boil; boil without stirring, but brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush, for 5-7 minutes or until caramel color. Pour over nuts; let cool completely. Break into pieces; finely chop in food processor.
  • Remove sides of tart pan; slide tart onto serving platter, removing bottom. In bowl, whip cream; spoon into pastry bag fitted with rosette tip and pipe border of rosettes around edge of tart ( or just spread over entire tart). Sprinkle with nut topping.

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    " It was excellent "
    juliecake ate it and said...
    Ditto that, wow.
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  • maryeaudet 16 years ago
    Oh my that sounds awesome!
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