Pecan Cranberry Tart
- 1 1/4 cups pecans (5 oz), chopped
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup light corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries (not thawed; 3 1/2 oz), chopped
- 1 baked (10-inch) tart shell
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Lightly toast pecans in a shallow baking pan in middle of oven until fragrant but not darker, about 5 minutes, then cool.
- Leave oven on.
- Cook 1/2 cup sugar in a dry 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt.
- Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork (to help sugar melt evenly), until sugar is melted into a deep golden caramel.
- Tilt pan and carefully add corn syrup (caramel will harden and steam vigorously).
- Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.
- Remove pan from heat and add butter, stirring until melted, then cool caramel until it stops bubbling.
- Whisk together eggs, salt, vanilla, and remaining 1/4 cup sugar, then add caramel in a stream, whisking constantly.
- 3Spread pecans and cranberries evenly in tart shell and pour caramel over them, tapping pecans and cranberries down to coat thoroughly.
- Bake tart in middle of oven until filling is set, 30 to 35 minutes.
- Cool completely in pan on a rack before removing rim of pan.
pecans, sugar, light corn syrup, unsalted butter, eggs, salt, vanilla, cranberries, tart shell
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pecan-cranberry-tart-107386 (may not work)