Recipe - Caramel Pecan Diamonds

SWEET PASTRY DOUGH
2 cup Flour
One half cup Sugar
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Baking powder
1 Stick cold, unsalted butter
2 lg Eggs

CARAMEL PECAN FILLING
2/3 cup Light corn syrup
1 One fourth cup Light brown sugar
One half Stick unsalted butter
One half cup Heavy cream
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Dark rum
4 cup Chopped pecans

For the dough, combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir well
to mix. Cut the butter into 8 to 10 pieces and add to the dry ingredients.
Rub the butter in finely; be careful that the mixture remains cool and
powdery. Beat the eggs lightly and stir them into the dough with a fork.
Continue stirring until the dough masses together. Remove the dough to a
floured surface and knead lightly, until the dough is smooth. Form the
dough into a rectangle about 1inch thick and wrap in plastic. Chill the
dough until it is firm, about 1 hour.

Butter a 10 x 15inch jelly roll pan. Roll the dough to a rectangle about
12 x 17 inches. Roll the dough onto the rolling pin, then unroll it into
the pan. Press the dough well into the bottom and sides of the pan and fold
the excess dough into the pan. Make a high fluted edge around the edge of
the pan. Chill the doughlined pan while preparin g the filling. Preheat
the oven to 350 degrees F. Combine the corn syrup and sugar in a saucepan
and mix well. Place on medium heat and stir occasionally, until the syrup
comes to a boil. At the boil, add the butter and cream and return to a
boil. Simmer the mixture for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from
heat and stir in the vanilla and rum.

Place the chopped pecans in a heatproof mixing bowl. Pour the cooked syrup
over the pecans and stir well to mix. Pour the filling on the dough in the
pan and spread it evenly with a metal spatula.

Bake the pastry on the lowest rack of the oven for about 30 minutes. Turn
the pan occasionally to make sure that the dough and the filling bake
evenly. Remove the pan from the oven and cool it on a rack to room
temperature. Wrap the pan in plastic wrap and chill overnight.

To unmold the pastry, run a small, sharp knife between the crust and the
sides of the pan. Place the pan on low heat for a few seconds to loosen the
pastry. Place a cookie sheet on the top and invert . Remove the pan in
which the pastry baked and replace it with a cutting board. Invert, remove
the cookie sheet and trim away the edges of the pastry.

Cut the pastry into 1 One half inch diamonds

NOTES : (Recipes courtesy of Nick Malgieri

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #324

Recipe by: COOKING LIVE SHOW #CL8769

From: "Angele and Jon Freeman" jfreeman@netusa1.net

Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 14:39:49 0500