Mary Bergin's Browned Butter Toffee Tart
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 3/4 cup chocolate covered toffee, chopped
- 1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup cold butter, cut in pieces
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp. water
- Pate Sucree: Place flour, sugar and butter in food processor fittedwith steel blade.
- Process until mixture resembles fine meal.
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolk and water.
- Add to butter mixture.
- Process until dough just holds together.
- If dough appears dry, add a little morewater.
- (To mix by hand, combine dry ingredients in medium bowl.
- Using a pastry blender or two table knives, cut in butter until mixture resemblescoarse meal.
- Add liquid ingredients with fork and stir until dough leavessides of bowl.)
- Flatten dough into a circle.
- Wrap in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate 1 hour.
- On lightly floured board, roll out pastry to an 11-inch circle.
- Transfer dough to a 9 or 9 1/2-inch tart pan.
- Trim edges and refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Make Brown Butter Filling.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar, then whisk into flour.
- In a 10-inch skillet heat the butter over medium heat.
- Continue cooking until butter has turned a golden brown color, stirring occasionally.
- Be careful that butter does not burn.
- Whisk butter and vanilla into egg mixture until smooth.
- Place tart shell on baking sheet.
- Pour in filling and spread evenly.
- Sprinkle with chopped toffee.
- Bake until top is deep golden brown and firm to touch, 30 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.
eggs, sugar, allpurpose flour, butter, vanilla, chocolate covered toffee, flour, sugar, cold butter, egg yolk, water
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/2552 (may not work)