Chocolate Ganache Tart With Caramelized Hazelnuts
- 7 tablespoons butter soft, diced
- 2/3 cup icing sugar
- salt
- 2 5/8 tablespoons egg
- 1 5/8 cups flour
- 1 5/8 cups dark chocolate
- 1 1/4 cups cream liquid
- 1 7/16 tablespoons honey
- 7 tablespoons butter
- 4 3/4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 2/3 tablespoons water
- 8 whole hazelnuts
- Pie Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Place butter, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Add egg and flour, mix until a ball is formed.
- Cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate for 30 minutes to 2 hours.
- Once the dough has rested, roll out and place in a 9 inch pie pan.
- Prick the dough with a fork, and bake for 20 to 25 min.
- Once it has cooled a bit, set aside in the refrigerator.
- Chocolate Ganache:
- Break the chocolate into small pieces in a bowl.
- Boil the cream with the honey.
- Pour cream mixture over the chocolate. Carefully mix using a spatula, be careful not to create air bubbles as you mix. Finally, add butter. The ganache must be perfectly smooth.
- Pour ganache into the pie crust.
- Let the ganache stiffen first at room temperature, then in refrigerator.
- Caramelized Hazelnuts:
- Prick each hazelnuts with a toothpick.
- Prepare the caramel by heating sugar and water over medium heat.
- Bring to boil, then reduce the heat. Simmer without stirring until the caramel browns.
- Remove saucepan from heat, wait until caramel stops bubbling and is lukewarm before using.
- Dip the hazelnuts in the slightly thickened caramel. If caramel hardens, warm over medium heat.
- Place hazelnuts on a parchment paper to cool.
- Remove the toothpicks, and place hazelnut decoration on the pie.
butter, icing sugar, salt, egg, flour, dark chocolate, cream liquid, honey, butter, sugar, water, hazelnuts
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate-Ganache-Tart-with-Caramelized-Hazelnuts-2043960 (may not work)