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Caramel Chip Tarts

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CATEGORY CUISINE TAG YIELD
Eggs, Dairy Import, New, Text 1 Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1/4 c White sugar
1/2 c Unsalted butter, chilled
2 Egg yolks
1/4 c Finely ground almonds
1 t Almond extract
Ice water
3/4 c Salted butter
1 c Dark brown sugar, firmly
packed
1/3 c Honey
3 T Heavy cream
1 t Vanilla extract
1 Miniature semisweet
chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

Pastry: combine flour, sugar and butter with pastry cutter until dough
resembles a coarse meal. Add yolks, ground almonds, and extract.
Slowly add ice water until dough can be shaped into a ball. Flatten
dough into a disk. Wrap tightly and chill until firm. On floured
board, roll out dough to 1/4 inches. Cut into 4 inch rounds to fit 3
1/2 inch tart pans. Press gently into pans and chill 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400. Remove tart shells from refrigerator and prick
bottoms with fork. Bake 15 minutes or until edges turn golden brown.
Cool to room temperature.  Filling: mix together butter, brown sugar,
and honey in heavy  saucepan and cook over medium heat until sugar
dissolves. Turn heat  to high and boil without stirring 2 minutes or
until bubbly. Remove  from heat and stir in cream and vanilla and cool
5 minutes. Pour  caramel mixture into tart shells and cool. Sprinkle
with miniature  chocolate chips. Recipe By :THE DESSERT SHOW SHOW
#DS3003  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #259  Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996
00:12:04 -0400  From: Meg Antczak <meginny@node1.frontiernet.net>

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 4800
Calories From Fat: 2674
Total Fat: 306.9g
Cholesterol: 822.5mg
Sodium: 176.1mg
Potassium: 930.6mg
Carbohydrates: 511.4g
Fiber: 14.9g
Sugar: 309.2g
Protein: 37.6g


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