Chocolate Caramel Tart
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
- 6 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup whipping cream
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- Blend flour, sugar, lemon eel and slat in processor 5 seconds.
- Add butter, yolk and vanilla and process until large moist clumps form.
- Gather dough into ball; knead briefly to combine well.
- Flatten into disk.
- Wrap in plastic; chill until firm enough to roll, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Roll out dough between sheets of plastic wrap to 11- to 12-inch round.
- Peel off top sheet of plastic.
- Turn dough over; press into 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom.
- Peel off plastic.
- Fold in any excess dough, forming double-thick sides.
- Pierce crust all over with fork.
- Freeze 15 minutes.
- Bake crust 10 minutes.
- Using back side of fork, press crust flat if bottom bubbles.
- continue to bake until crust id golden, about 10 minutes (crust sides may shrink slightly.)
- Transfer to rack and cool.
- Bring cream to boil in heavy small saucepan and whisk until smooth.
- Spread 1 cup chocolate filling in prepared crust.
- Refrigerate until firm, about 45 minutes.
- reserve remaining filling in saucepan.
- stir sugar and 1/3 cup water in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves.
- Increase heat and boil until syrup is amber color, brushing down sides with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 8 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Add cream, butter, vanilla and salt (mixture will bubble up).
- Return pan to very low heat; stir until caramel is smooth and color deepens, about 5 minutes.
- Refrigerate uncovered until cold but not firm, about 20 minutes.
- Spoon caramel filling over chocolate filling.
- Pipe of drizzle reserved chocolate filling decoratively over cararmel (if chocolate is too firm to pour, warm slightly over low heat).
- Refrigerate tart until caramel is firm, at least 1 hour.
- (Can be made 2 days ahead.
- Cover keep chilled.)
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-caramel-tart-4588 (may not work)