Recipe - Caramel Turtle Truffle Tart

Dorothy Cross TMPJ72B
1 Stick (4 ozs) butter;
cut into 8 pieces
1/3 cup Sugar
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 1/3 cup Flour
1 Egg
1 One half cup Semisweet chocolate chips
(9 ozs)
One half cup Heavy cream
1/3 cup Heavy cream
1 pack (14 oz.) vanilla caramels
3 cup Chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. To make crust, in a food processor, combine
butter, sugar, and vanilla. Process 1 minute. Add flour and process to
blend. With machine on, add egg through feed tube, and process just until
dough forms and leaves sides of bowl.
Press dough evenly into bottom and all the way up sides of an 11inch
fluted metal tart pan with a removable bottom. Press a sheet of foil on top
of crust and line with pie weights or dried beans. Bake 10 minutes. Remove
foil and weights and bake 5 to 7 minutes longer, or until golden. Let cool.
Meanwhile, prepare truffle mixture. In a 1quart glass bowl, combine
chocolate chips and 1/3 cup cream. Heat in a microwave oven on High 1 to
1One fourth minutes, or until chocolate is melted and smooth when stirred. When
crust is cool, spread threequarters of truffle mixture evenly over bottom
of crust. Refrigerate 15 minutes, or until truffle mixture is set.
In a large skillet, combine caramels and remaining One half cup cream. Heat
over mediumlow heat, stirring often, until caramels are melted and mixture
is smooth, about 3 minutes. Stir in pecans. Spread evenly over chilled
truffle mixture.
Heat remaining chocolate truffle mixture in microwave oven on High 15 to
20 seconds, if necessary, to melt. Drizzle with a fork over top of tart.
Refrigerate until filling is set, at least 1 hour. Before serving, remove
side of pan, and using a sharp knife, cut tart into slices.

COMMENTS: This caramel tart, which tastes almost like a piece of candy, is
a breeze to prepare with storebought caramels. Pile the caramelpecan
mixture on top of a chocolate truffle mixture spread on a butter cookie
crust.

Source: 365 Great Chocolate Desserts

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