Pecan and chocolate tart

By kenzofish

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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.