Upside-Down Pecan Tart
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 12 cup honey
- 1 cup light-brown sugar, packed
- 14 cup granulated sugar
- 4 cups pecan halves (about 1 lb)
- 34 cup heavy cream
- all-purpose flour, for dusting
- pate, brisee (1/2 recipe)
- In a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat, combine butter, honey and sugars.
- Bring to a boil; let boil for 4 minutes.
- Add pecans and heavy cream, and boil 3 minutes more.
- Remove form heat and set aside.
- Let stand about 30 minutes to cool.
- Using a wooden spoon, gently mound pecans and caramel slightly in center of skillet, leaving a gap between pecans and edge of skillet.,.
- Preheat oven to 425F with rack in the top third.
- On a clean, lightly floured work surface, roll out one disk of prepared chilled pastry to approximately 7/8-inch thick, 13-inch diameter circle.
- Place the pastry over the skillet, carefully tucking the dough down against the edge of the skillet and around the edges of the mound of pecans.
- Trim the excess dough.
- Place two rimmed baking sheets, one on top of the other, underneath the skillet to catch any drips while the pie bakes and to provide the insulation for the caramel.
- Place skillet in the oven, and bake pie until the dough is just turning golden brown about 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350F, and continue baking until the pastry is cooked through and the caramel is bubbling up around the edges of the skillet, about 30 minutes more.
- Remove the pie from oven and let cool about 20 minutes.
- Carefully invert the pie onto a parchment lined tray or baking sheet (the pie is easy to transfer to a serving plate one it has been inverted).
- Be careful inverting the pie; the caramel is very hot.
- If the pie does not release easily from skillet, heat the skillet over medium heat for about 30 seconds.
- Serve warm.
unsalted butter, honey, lightbrown sugar, sugar, pecan halves, heavy cream, flour, pate
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/upside-down-pecan-tart-419492 (may not work)