Mixed Nut Tartlets
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier or brandy
- 3/4 cup chopped mixed nuts (such as walnuts, pecans, almonds and pine nuts)
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Roll out crust dough on lightly floured surface to 16-inch round (scant 1/8 inch thick).
- Cut out 3-inch rounds.
- Gather and reroll dough scraps.
- Cut out enough rounds to make 18 total.
- Spray 3-inch-diameter fluted tartlet pans with 1/2-inch-high sides with nonstick spray.
- Line prepared pans with dough rounds.
- Freeze crusts 15 minutes.
- Arrange tartlet pans on large baking sheets.
- Bake crusts until pale golden, piercing bottoms with toothpick if crusts bubble, about 13 minutes.
- Cool crusts on baking sheets.
- Bring cream, sugar, honey and butter to boil in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
- Boil without stirring 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Mix in Grand Marnier, then nuts.
- Refrigerate until filling is thick, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Divide filling among prepared crusts.
- Bake tartlets on baking sheets until filling is golden brown and bubbles, about 12 minutes (filling may bubble over).
- Transfer tartlets to rack; cool 5 minutes.
- Using tip of small sharp knife, cut around crusts to loosen.
- Remove tartlets from pans.
- Cool completely on racks.
vegetable oil spray, whipping cream, sugar, honey, unsalted butter, grand marnier, mixed nuts
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/mixed-nut-tartlets-4060 (may not work)