Chocolate-Peanut Tart
- 1/2 (15-ounce) package refrigerated piecrusts
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream, warmed
- 3 tablespoons bourbon
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 1/4 cups roasted unsalted peanuts
- 3/4 cup (4.5 ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels
- Vanilla ice cream or unsweetened whipped cream (optional)
- Fit piecrust into a greased 9" tart pan with a removable bottom.
- Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium-high, and boil, without stirring, 7 to 8 minutes or until syrup is golden, swirling pan occasionally. (Wash down sides of pan with water, using a pastry brush, if sugar crystals form on sides.)
- Remove from heat, and gradually stir in warm cream and bourbon (mixture will bubble up). Cool completely (about 35 minutes).
- Add butter and egg, stirring until smooth. Stir in peanuts and chocolate morsels. Pour mixture into prepared crust.
- Bake at 375u0b0 for 36 to 38 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. If desired, serve with vanilla ice cream or unsweetened whipped cream.
sugar, water, heavy whipping cream, bourbon, butter, egg, peanuts, semisweet chocolate, vanilla ice cream
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-peanut-tart (may not work)