Chocolate caramel tart

Chocolate Caramel tart with sea salt- 7/30/10

I really love this tart! Simple ingredients but combining them together and the result is spectacular! The crust is made with pate Sucrée, a basic French pastry dough, filled with a puddle of golden caramel and then a layer of bittersweet chocolate ganache fills out the top of the tart along with a dusting of sea salt! The sea salt is really a brilliant addition!

Close look at tart! Here you can see the caramel is gooey, soft and delicious!

Preparation work..

For the caramel

1/2 cup heavy cream

1 cup sugar

5 tablespoons of sugar

pinch of sea salt

For the chocolate ganache

6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut in small pieces

1 cup heavy cream

1/2 batch of Pate Sucree

Makes (1) 9 inch tart or (6) 3 1/2 inch tartlets.

Place cream in a small saucepan and bring it to a boil. Set aside while you cook the caramel

Combine sugar with water in a sauce pan.

Cook over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.

Bring mixture to boil and cook without stirring for about 4 minutes. Keep Swirling the pan to ensure it cooks evenly. Cook until the sugar turns dark amber.

Take the mixture off the heat and pour into the sugar slowly.

The sugar will boil up so don't pour the cream in all at once. Stir until incorporated and smooth

Heat the cream in a small saucepan and bring it to a boil. Turn off the heat and put the chocolate inside the pan with hot cream. Let it sit for a few minutes.