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Chocolate-Caramel Tart with Drunken Raspberries and Vanilla Crème Fraîche

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Chocolate-Caramel Tart with Drunken Raspberries and Vanilla Crème Fraîche

Chocolate-Caramel Tart with Drunken Raspberries and Vanilla Crème Fraîche

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Equipment

  • - Pie Dish/Tart Pan: A durable and oven-safe dish for baking your tart, ensuring even cooking and a nicely shaped dessert.

  • - Stand Mixer: An essential tool for mixing ingredients like dough and cream filling, providing consistent results.

  • - Heatproof Bowl: Useful for melting chocolate or heating ingredients safely without the risk of transferring heat to unwanted surfaces.

  • - Digital Food Scale: For precise measurements, especially crucial in baking and when using ingredients by weight.

  • - Silicone Spatula: Ideal for scraping bowls and ensuring no ingredient is wasted, also useful in non-stick pans.

  • - Microplane Grater: For grating raspberries or zest into the tart filling without removing too much of their moisture.

  • - Immersion Blender: Useful for quickly mixing and blending ingredients, such as creating a smooth cream or caramel sauce.

  • - Nonstick Baking Mat: Helps prevent sticking, making it easier to remove the tart from the pan.

  • - Rubber Spatula: Another spatula alternative that's perfect for mixing and folding ingredents with a more delicate touch.

  • - Ramekin Set: For serving individual portions of your tart, providing an elegant presentation option.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour

  • 3 tablespoons sugar

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

  • 2 large egg yolks

  • 3 tablespoons cocoa nibs*

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 1/4 cup water

  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

  • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces

  • 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise

  • 1/4 teaspoon finely ground fleur de sel or fine sea salt

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream

  • 5 ounces high-quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped

  • Edible gold dust (optional; for garnish)

  • Drunken Raspberries

  • Vanilla Crème Fraîche

Instructions

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Instruction 1

Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 375°F. Butter 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Blend flour, sugar, and salt in processor. Add 1/2 cup butter; process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add egg yolks; process until moist clumps form. Add cocoa nibs; blend in using on/off turns. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Bake until crust is golden brown, about 20 minutes. Cool in pan on rack while preparing caramel filling.
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Instruction 2

Combine sugar and 1/4 cup water in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and boil without stirring until mixture is deep amber, occasionally brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan, about 7 minutes. Remove from heat; add cream (mixture will bubble vigorously). Add butter and stir over low heat until caramel is completely smooth. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; stir in salt. Cool 10 minutes. Pour warm caramel into crust. Let stand at room temperature until completely cool, about 45 minutes.
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Instruction 3

Bring cream to simmer in small saucepan. Remove from heat; add chocolate. Whisk until smooth. Let stand until slightly cooled but still pourable, about 10 minutes. Pour ganache evenly over caramel filling. Refrigerate tart uncovered until chocolate is firm, about 2 hours. do ahead Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
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Instruction 4

Brush top of tart with gold dust, if desired. Cut tart into thin slices. Arrange 1 slice on each plate. Spoon berries and crème fraîche alongside.
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Instruction 5

*Bits of shelled roasted cocoa beans; available at many specialty foods stores or from chocosphere.com.
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