Pie Recipes

Milky Way Tart

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Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

Crust

  • 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch process)
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
  • 1 large egg yolk

Filling

  • 3 1/2 ounces high-quality milk chocolate (such as Lindt or Perugina), chopped
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
  • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • Unsweetened cocoa powder (for dusting)

Instructions

Crust

  1. Whisk flour and cocoa in medium bowl.
  2. Beat butter and confectioners' sugar in another medium bowl until well blended.
  3. Beat in yolk.
  4. Add flour mixture in 2 additions, beating just until blended.
  5. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 2 hours.
  6. Divide dough into 6 equal pieces. Press each onto bottom and up sides of 4 1/2 inch diameter tartlet pan with removable bottom.
  7. Refrigerate crusts for 1 hour or freeze for 30 minutes.
  8. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
  9. Bake cold crusts until set and dry-looking, about 12 minutes, pressing with back of spoon if bubbles form. Cool crusts in pans.

Filling

  1. 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, for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  2. Combine remaining 1/2 cup cream and butter in small saucepan and stir over medium heat until butter melts; remove from heat.
  3. 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.
  4. Immediately add hot cream-butter mixture (mixture will bubble vigorously). Remove from heat and stir until any caramel bits dissolve.
  5. Transfer caramel to small bowl and chill until slightly firm (semi-soft), stirring often, about 40 inutes.
  6. Spoon caramel into center of baked crusts (about 2 generous tablespoons for each crust). Set side.
  7. 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.
  8. Chill for at least 2 hours.
  9. Remove tartlets from pans.
  10. Lightly sift cocoa powder over tartlets and serve.

Notes

Do ahead: Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.

Attribution

Bon Appetit magazine - September 2006



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