Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Tart

Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Tart was pinched from <a href="http://sweetapolita.com/2011/11/dark-chocolate-salted-caramel-tart-and-a-seriously-chocolaty-giveaway/" target="_blank">sweetapolita.com.</a>
INGREDIENTS
Servings: 8
Ingredients
For the crust:
1 1⁄2 cups (180 grams/6 ounces) all-purpose flour
1⁄4 cup + 1 tablespoon (35 grams) dutch-process cocoa powder (I used Cacao Barry Cocoa Powder – Extra Dark)
1⁄4 teaspoon (2 grams) kosher salt
10 tablespoons (150 grams/5 ounces) unsalted butter, cubed and softened
1⁄2 cup + 2 tablespoons (70 grams/2.5 ounces) confectioners’ (icing, powdered) sugar
2 egg yolks, at room temperature
1⁄2 tsp (2.5 mL) vanilla extract (I use Nielsen-Massey Vanillas 8-oz. Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract)
For the Caramel:
1 1⁄2 cups (300 grams/10 ounces) sugar
6 tablespoons (90 mL) water
3 tablespoons (45 mL) light corn syrup
1⁄4 teaspoon (2 grams) kosher salt
6 tablespoons (90 grams/3 ounces) unsalted butter
7 tablespoons (105 mL) 35% whipping cream or heavy cream (36%+)
For the Ganache:
1⁄2 cup (125 mL/4 liquid ounces) 35% whipping cream or heavy cream (36%+)
115 grams (4 ounces) bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (I used Cacao Barry Chocolate – Pure Origin – Saint-Domingue – 70%)
Fleur de Sel for garnish ( I used Fleur de Sel De Guerande- French Sea Salt ; 6oz)
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