Chocolate Caramel Tart With Chocolate Almond Crust
 
Ingredients
Crust
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • 30 grams almonds (1/2c.)
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 8 T. butter, cut into cubes
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 2 T. ice water
  • ½ cup toasted walnuts, chopped
Caramel
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 5 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp salt
Ganache
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 4 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
Instructions
Crust
  1. Pulse almonds in food processor to grind up finely.
  2. In a mixer, combine flour, ground almonds, suar and salt.
  3. Add butter to make crumbs and add vanilla.
  4. Add egg.
  5. Add ice water to form a dough.
  6. Flatten in a disk, wrap in plastic and chill 30 mins.
  7. Roll on floured service with a rolling pin to fit pan and lay into bottom and sides of 10 inch tart pan w/removable bottom. Prick bottom.
  8. Line with parchment and fill with pie weights (I used quinoa! LOL)
  9. Bake 15 mins at 350, then remove parchment and weights to bake an additional 15 minutes.
  10. Cool.
  11. Sprinkle on the toasted walnuts.
Caramel
  1. Combine sugar and water in bottom of heavy pot with a spoon.
  2. Cook on medium high until it comes to a boil.
  3. Once boiling do not stir, only swirl pot.
  4. Cook until it reaches an amber color-be patient it takes a while and keep a close eye!
  5. Once amber, remove from heat and stir in cream. It will bubble so stir carefully.
  6. Return to heat for 2 mins then remove again and stir in the butter and salt.
  7. Cool a little and pour over the crust.
  8. Chill 5 hours.
Ganache
  1. Heat cream just to a boil and pour over the chocolate.
  2. Let sit one minutes and then stir smooth.
  3. Pour over caramel layer an chill again until set, another few hours.
  4. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt if desired.
  5. Cut into slices and enjoy!!!!
Recipe by Hugs and Cookies XOXO at https://hugsandcookiesxoxo.com/chocolate-caramel-tart-with-chocolate-almond-crust/