Recipe - Tempting Turtle Tart

CRUST
2 cup Pecans
One fourth cup Granulated sugar
One fourth cup (4 Tbs.) unsalted butter;
melted

FILLING
1 pound Caramel candies
1/3 cup Whipping cream
1 cup Coarsely chopped pecans

TOPPING
8 ounce Semisweet chocolate
1/3 cup Whipping cream
One fourth cup Powdered sugar

1. Heat oven to 350 F. Have a 9inch pie plate ready.

2. For crust: mince pecans with sugar in food processor until they are
finely minced but not ground. Mix in butter. Press evenly into bottom and
sides of pie plate. Bake until lightly browned1215 mins. Cook before
filling

3. For filling: melt caramel with cream in double boiler or microwave,
stirring until smooth. Cool to lukewarm then pour into crust. Sprinkle
pecans on top.

4. For topping: melt chocolate with cream and sugar. Pour over pie,
smoothing with spatula. Refrigerate at least 4 hrs. or up to 2 days before
serving.

Yields 810 servings. VERY RICH!!!

Posted to BakeryShoppe Digest by "William & Evelyn Hall"
wchall@nevia.net on Feb 2, 1998