This salted caramel chocolate tart is divine.
The combination of caramel and chocolate is something quite magical. And just to make it a tad bit more irresistible I like to sprinkle a bit of flaky salt on top.
Note: Dulce de leche is a combination of milk and sugar that has been slowly cooked until the sugars caramelize, producing a thick, creamy, intensely flavored spread.
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Salted Caramel and Chocolate Tart
- Category: Desserts
Description
Chocolate and Carmel Tart with Flaky Sea Salt
Ingredients
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 Tablespoon heavy cream
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 can (13.4 ounces) Dulce de Leche
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup (6 ounces) Semi-Sweet Chocolate or Dark Chocolate Morsels
- Flaky sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350° F.
Pie Crust
- Whisk together egg yolks, 1 tablespoon cream and 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract in small bowl.
- In a mixer add flour, powdered sugar, salt and blend, then add butter; mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Next add yolk mixture in step 1 and process until mixture forms a ball. Shape into a disk and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Unwrap the dough and spread it out to a disk and transfer to a 9 inch tart pan, press into the bottom and to the sides pulling the dough up the sides.
- Line the shell with a piece of aluminum foil; fill with pie weights, dried beans or rice.
- BAKE for 30 minutes or until pastry is set and the edges are golden. Remove the foil and weights. Bake for an additional 10 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
Dulce de Leche and Chocolate Filling
- Spoon dulce de leche into a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for a few seconds at a time just until warm; stir.
- Spoon dulce de leche into tart shell, spreading evenly.
- Now place the chocolate in medium bowl and set aside. Heat 1/2 cup cream in a small saucepan until bubbles appear around the edge.
- Remove the cream from the heat and pour over the chocolate to start melting it. Let stand for 5 minutes or until melted. Whisk until smooth.
- Take the melted chocolate and pour over dulce de leche; spread with a spatula.
- Dust with a little flaky sea salt.
- To serve the same day refrigerate for at least 1 hour for it to set. Remove side of tart pan and transfer the tart to a serving plate. Cut into wedges.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
Cut up your butter into cubes before you add it to the mixture:
The mixture will start to crumble and stick together. Just scape it off the paddle and make a round ball like this and cover in parchment to set in the fridge for 30 min:
After 30 minutes place the ball in a 9 inch tart pan to flatten and shape by pinching and pulling it up to mold it around the tart pan:
Once this is done and you have it evenly spread place parchment or foil on top of it along with pie weights, beans or rice to place in the oven:
After the crust has cooled spoon over the dulce de leche caramel:
Next, spoon the chocolate over the caramel and finish off with flaky sea salt and you are ready to serve.
11 Comments
Dina
June 6, 2013 at 7:55 pmit came out beautifully! i love the sea salt/caramel/chocolate combination. looks delish!
Carrie Pacini
June 10, 2013 at 10:04 amThanks Dina, It’s a lovely combination :)
Carlie
September 3, 2013 at 7:33 amI’m going to make this and totally hide it from my kids (otherwise they will eat it all). Yum.
Carrie Pacini
September 3, 2013 at 9:59 amIt’s really a good one :)
Raspberrysue
July 13, 2014 at 10:26 amThis looks absolutely delicious – i love the combination of chocolate and salt. Sooo good. I have to make this…
Carrie Pacini
July 13, 2014 at 12:57 pmYou will love it!
Wajeeha
August 12, 2014 at 7:57 amHi..this looks absolutely amazing and easy to make. I was wondering if we could use condensed milk instead of Dulce de Leche? And will it be to sweet if we do so because I don’t know what Dulce de Leche tastes like.
I am surely be making this soon….
Carrie Pacini
August 12, 2014 at 8:15 amHi Wajeeha, Use dulce de leche. It’s packaged in cans and you can usually find it in the baking isle of a grocery store. Dulce de leche isn’t that sweet. I like to add a few teaspoons of vanilla extract to the dulce de leche before I layer it into the tart.
Wajeeha
August 20, 2014 at 5:06 amThanks for the prompt reply :) Great recipe
nan
September 4, 2014 at 9:53 pmHi…this looks delectable. Do I need to put it in the refrigerator before slicing. Will the filling run when sliced?
Thanks.
Carrie Pacini
September 7, 2014 at 10:39 amHi Nan, to serve the same day refrigerate for at least 1 hour for it to set. If you do this it will not run when it is sliced.