Milky Way Tart
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
6 tartlets
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
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Crust
- 3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour, plus
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch process)
- 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch process)
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
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Filling
- 3 1⁄2 ounces high-quality milk chocolate, chopped
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
- 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter
- 1⁄2 cup sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- unsweetened cocoa powder (for dusting)
directions
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Make crust:
- Whisk flour and cocoa in medium bowl.
- Beat butter and powdered sugar in another medium bowl until well blended. Beat in yolk. Add flour mixture in 2 additions, beating just until blended. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 2 hours.
- Divide dough into 6 equal pieces. Press each onto bottom and up sides of 4 1/2-inch-diameter tartlet pan with removable bottom. Refrigerate crusts 1 hour or freeze 30 minutes. (This can be made as one big tart in a regular sized circle or rectangular tart pan)
- Preheat oven to 375°F Bake cold crusts until set and dry-looking, about 12 minutes, pressing with back of spoon if bubbles form. Cool crusts in pans. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; store at room temperature.
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Make filling:
- Place milk chocolate in medium bowl.
- Bring 1 1/2 cups cream to simmer in small saucepan. Pour hot cream over chocolate; let stand 1 minute, then whisk until melted and smooth.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold, at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Combine remaining 1/2 cup cream and butter in small saucepan and stir over medium heat until butter melts; remove from heat.
- Combine sugar and 3 tablespoons water in heavy small saucepan. Stir over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until color is deep amber, occasionally brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan, about 8 minutes.
- Immediately add hot cream-butter mixture (mixture will bubble vigorously). Remove from heat and stir until any caramel bits dissolve. Transfer caramel to small bowl and chill until slightly firm (semi-soft), stirring often, about 40 minutes.
- Spoon caramel into center of baked crusts (about 2 generous tablespoons for each crust). Set aside.
- Using electric mixer, beat chilled milk chocolate-cream mixture until peaks form; spoon atop caramel in crusts, dividing equally (about 1/2 cup for each crust) and spreading evenly. Chill at least 2 hours.
- DO AHEAD: Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.
- Remove tartlets from pans. Lightly sift cocoa powder over tartlets and serve.
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I am a stay at home mom of two wonderful little boys, Alex and Andrew. Cooking and Baking are my two favorite hobbies, and it's a good thing because I do it a lot!! My husband can be somewhat picky so when I find a recipe that he likes, it immediately goes into my "keeper" file. I'm a big believer in cooking healthy meals that are both good for you AND delicious. Don't get me wrong, I do love a good dessert, as you can see by my chocolate marshmallow brownie recipe!!! But everyone deserves to splurge every now and then. It's just all about moderation.
I also enjoy staying fit by doing aerobics and yoga. I enjoy reading, hanging out with my family, boating and riding my bicycle.
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