Port Caramel Chocolate Tartlets
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon fleur de sel, or other sea salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons ruby or tawny port
- 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 ounce dark chocolate (preferably 70 percent cacao), finely chopped
- 1 cup salted Marcona almonds (or blanched, roasted, salted almonds), finely chopped
- Fleur de sel, or other sea salt, for sprinkling
- Make the crust: Pulse flour, cocoa, sugar, and fleur de sel in a food processor until combined.
- Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add eggs, and process just until dough comes together.
- Pat dough into a disk.
- Wrap in plastic.
- Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough 1/8 inch thick.
- Using a 3-inch round cookie cutter, cut 10 rounds from dough.
- Transfer remaining dough to a dusted baking sheet; refrigerate.
- Fit dough rounds into 10 round tartlet molds (each 2 1/4 inches in diameter).
- Trim excess dough flush with rims.
- (Refrigerate scraps.)
- Refrigerate or freeze shells until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Pierce bottoms of shells all over with a fork.
- Bake until firm, about 12 minutes.
- Let cool completely in molds on a wire rack; unmold.
- Working in batches of 10 and using remaining dough (reroll scraps), repeat steps 2 and 3 to make 40 shells total.
- Make the filling: Combine sugar and the water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, gently stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved.
- Continue to cook, without stirring, until syrup comes to a boil, occasionally washing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming.
- Let boil, swirling pan occasionally, until syrup is dark amber.
- Remove from heat.
- Carefully stir in cream and port (caramel will steam and spatter).
- Add butter and chocolate; stir until melted and smooth.
- Let cool until slightly thickened but still pourable, about 20 minutes.
- Cover bottoms of tart shells with chopped almonds (about 1 teaspoon per shell).
- Spoon filling into shells, almost to top.
- Sprinkle with almonds and fleur de sel.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve, 3 hours or up to 1 day.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/port-caramel-chocolate-tartlets-389746 (may not work)