18/03/2024
CARAMEL MACADAMIA & PECAN TART 🥧
Ingredients:
Pie Crust
1 ¼ cups plain flour
2 tsp sugar
125g butter
40ml ice cold water
Filling:
1 cup natural macadamias
1 cup natural pecans
1 cup sugar
60ml water
160ml thickened cream
30g butter
1 tbls honey
1 tsp vanilla extract
1. Place the flour, butter and sugar into a food processor and pulse until you
form breadcrumbs (alternatively you can do this by hand by rubbing the butter
through the flour).
2. Pour the water into the food processor and pulse until your dough forms.
3. Pour the dough out onto the bench and bring it together with your hands,
flatten to a disc about 3cm thick and wrap with glad wrap, refrigerate an hour.
4. Remove the dough, roll out to 3mm thick and place into a tart tin, trimming the
edges.
5. Place the tart into the freezer for 30 minutes, this will set the dough to prevent
it shrinking as it cooks.
6. Preheat the oven to 180C and place a piece of baking paper into the pie and
cover with pie weights or rice to blind bake.
7. Bake the crust for 15 minutes, remove pie weights and continue to cook a
further 5 minutes until golden.
8. While the pie crust is cooking, place the water & sugar into a pan over
medium heat and stir just until the sugar is dissolved. Once dissolved, let the
sugar simmer until it reaches an amber colour (the colour of honey).
9. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cream (it will bubble, be careful!) add
the butter, honey and vanilla. Then stir in the nuts.
10.Pour into the tart tin and return to the oven for a further 20 minutes.
11.Cool completely then refrigerate before serving.