Walnut Caramel Mini Tarts

Walnut Caramel Mini Tarts requires around 55 minutes from start to finish. This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe serves 1 and costs $6.7 per serving. One portion of this dish contains about 58g of protein, 223g of fat, and a total of 3239 calories. 17 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is brought to you by Home Cooking Adventure. It works well as a dessert. Head to the store and pick up ground walnuts, dark chocolate, walnuts, and a few other things to make it today. Overall, this recipe earns a spectacular spoonacular score of 93%. Similar recipes are Mini Walnut Tarts With Homemade Ice Cream, Mini Caramel Tarts, and Mini Caramel Apple Pop Tarts with Brown Sugar Glaze.

Servings: 1

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 25 minutes

 

Ingredients:

120 g butter

50 g dark chocolate

1 egg

3 egg yolks mixed with 5 tbsp sugar

200 g flour

1 tbsp heavy cream

1/8 tsp salt

6 tbsp sugar, for caramel

120 g toasted walnuts, cut into small chunks

2 tbsp ground walnuts

Equipment:

oven

sauce pan

double boiler

Cooking instruction summary:

Prepare the crust. Mix flour with salt, sugar and ground walnuts. Incorporate butter to the flour, using your hands or using a pastry processor, until crumbs are formed. Add the egg and incorporate until the dough is homogeneous. Knead the dough and form a ball from it. Wrap it with plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.Preheat the oven to 180 (350F). Roll out the dough into a rectangular shape and cut small circles to fit the mini tart molds. Press dough into tart molds without stretching it. Punch the bottoms with a fork. Bake mini tart shells for 20-25 minutes until lightly golden. Prepare the caramel filling. Mix egg yolks with sugar until thick, creamy and pale yellow colored. In a medium sauce pan heat the sugar until turns golden brown. Immediately add walnuts and butter and mix well. After butter has melted remove from heat and incorporate the egg yolks mixture. Return to heat, stir continuously and simmer until thick. Remove from heat, continue stirring for few minutes then fill the mini tart shells.To prepare chocolate glaze melt the chocolate over a bain-marie until smooth. Stir in butter and 1 tbsp heavy cream until well blended. Use immediately, pour over the caramel filling. Enjoy!

 

Step by step:


1. Prepare the crust.

2. Mix flour with salt, sugar and ground walnuts. Incorporate butter to the flour, using your hands or using a pastry processor, until crumbs are formed.

3. Add the egg and incorporate until the dough is homogeneous. Knead the dough and form a ball from it. Wrap it with plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.Preheat the oven to 180 (350F).

4. Roll out the dough into a rectangular shape and cut small circles to fit the mini tart molds. Press dough into tart molds without stretching it. Punch the bottoms with a fork.

5. Bake mini tart shells for 20-25 minutes until lightly golden. Prepare the caramel filling.

6. Mix egg yolks with sugar until thick, creamy and pale yellow colored. In a medium sauce pan heat the sugar until turns golden brown. Immediately add walnuts and butter and mix well. After butter has melted remove from heat and incorporate the egg yolks mixture. Return to heat, stir continuously and simmer until thick.

7. Remove from heat, continue stirring for few minutes then fill the mini tart shells.To prepare chocolate glaze melt the chocolate over a bain-marie until smooth. Stir in butter and 1 tbsp heavy cream until well blended. Use immediately, pour over the caramel filling. Enjoy!


Nutrition Information:

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3370k Calories
61g Protein
235g Total Fat
269g Carbs
59% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
3370k
169%

Fat
235g
363%

  Saturated Fat
92g
580%

Carbohydrates
269g
90%

  Sugar
88g
98%

Cholesterol
1029mg
343%

Sodium
1259mg
55%

Caffeine
40mg
13%

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Protein
61g
123%

Manganese
7mg
358%

Selenium
123µg
176%

Copper
3mg
174%

Folate
606µg
152%

Vitamin B1
2mg
146%

Iron
21mg
120%

Phosphorus
1190mg
119%

Vitamin B2
1mg
106%

Magnesium
390mg
98%

Vitamin A
4283IU
86%

Fiber
20g
81%

Vitamin B3
14mg
70%

Zinc
9mg
62%

Vitamin B6
1mg
57%

Vitamin B5
4mg
43%

Vitamin E
6mg
41%

Potassium
1350mg
39%

Vitamin D
5µg
38%

Calcium
337mg
34%

Vitamin B12
1µg
30%

Vitamin K
17µg
17%

Vitamin C
1mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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