Chocolate Rosemary-Caramel Nut Bars
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup fine yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1/2 pound) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 cup walnuts (4 ounces)
- 1 cup unsalted, raw shelled pistachios (4 ounces)
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup roasted skinned hazelnuts (4 ounces)
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, cornmeal, sugar and salt.
- With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks with the cream; drizzle over the cornmeal mixture.
- With 2 forks, blend the dough lightly until evenly combined.
- Using your hands, knead lightly.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a 15 1/2-by-10 1/2-inch rectangle.
- Roll the dough onto the rolling pin, then transfer it to an ungreased 15-by-10-inch jelly-roll pan.
- Press the dough evenly over the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
- Freeze the crust until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Bake the crust for 12 minutes, or until pale and dry.
- Spread the walnuts on a baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes, or until lightly toasted.
- Repeat with the pistachios.
- Leave the oven on.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar and water and cook over moderately high heat, swirling the pan once or twice, until the sugar is dissolved.
- Simmer over moderate heat, brushing down the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush from time to time until a deep golden brown caramel forms, about 18 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring the cream to a boil with the rosemary and salt.
- Remove from the heat.
- Carefully and slowly add the hot cream to the caramel, stirring constantly until smooth.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the hazelnuts, walnuts and pistachios.
- Scrape the nut caramel over the crust and spread evenly with a spatula.
- Bake the bars in the center of the oven for 25 minutes, or until the topping is golden and bubbling.
- Let cool.
- In a glass bowl, melt the chocolate in a microwave oven at high power, stirring a few times.
- Let the melted chocolate cool until barely warm, about 15 minutes.
- Brush the chocolate over the caramel-nut topping.
- Let the chocolate cool until set, about 1 hour.
- Cut into 2-by-3-inch bars and serve.
flour, yellow cornmeal, sugar, salt, cold unsalted butter, egg yolks, heavy cream, walnuts, pistachios, sugar, water, heavy cream, rosemary, salt, hazelnuts, bittersweet chocolate
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-rosemary-caramel-nut-bars (may not work)