Pecan and chocolate tart
By kenzofish

Ingredients
- Sweet pastry (165g plain flour
- 25g almonds
- 120g unsalted butter
- 55g caster sugar
- 1 medium egg)
- 80g Bournville chocolate broken into pieces
- 45g unsalted butter
- cubed
- 160g granulated sugar
- 235ml golden syrup
- 3 medium eggs
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 235g pecan nuts
- chopped
Details
servings 12
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 40mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
Roll the sweet pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 3mm thick circle. Cut a 25cm tart tin and trim off the excess. Put the pastry in the fridge to chill.
Step 2
For the filling, put the chocolate and butter into a heatproof bowl and place over a pan simmering water. Leave to melt and then set aside to cool slightly.
Step 3
In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar and golden syrup. Bring slowly to the boil, stirring constantly. Set aside to cool a little.
Step 4
Beat the eggs together lightly in a large bowl. Add the melted chocolate and butter mixture and whisk until smooth. Now very slowly pour in the hot sugar syrup mixture in a thin trickle, whisking all the time. Keep going until the all the syrup in incorporated and the mixture is smooth. Add the vanilla extract and stir in the pecans. Set aside to cool.
Step 5
Heat the overn to 180C. Put the chilled pastry case on a baking tray. Pour the pecan filling into the case and bake for about 40 minutes until the pastry is golden and the filling is set.
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