Toasted Nut Tart

Toasted Nut Tart
Toasted Nut Tart is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 524 calories, 8g of protein, and 19g of fat. It works well as a dessert. If you have vanillan extract, natural pistachios, powdered sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

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Whisk 1 cup flour, cornstarch, salt,and baking powder in a medium bowl. Usingan electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, andpowdered sugar in another medium bowluntil pale yellow and well blended, about3 minutes.
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Add egg; beat to blend, occasionallyscraping bowl.
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Add dry ingredientsin 3 batches, beating just to blend betweenadditions. Gather dough into a ball; flatteninto a disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for atleast 1 hour. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 daysahead. Keep chilled.
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Preheat oven to 375°F.
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Roll out dough ona lightly floured surface to a 12" round.
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Transfer to pan. Press onto bottom and upsides of pan. Trim dough flush with top ofpan (reserve any scraps in case needed forpatching crust after baking). Prick doughall over with a fork and freeze for 10 minutes.
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Line chilled tart shell with foil or parchmentpaper, leaving a 1" overhang. Fill withpie weights or dried beans.
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Bake until edgesof crust are just beginning to turn goldenbrown, 35-40 minutes.
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Remove foil and pieweights. Patch any cracks in crust withreserved dough. Return to oven; continuebaking until golden all over, 15-20 minutes.
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Transfer to a wire rack; let cool completely.DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Storeairtight in pan at room temperature.
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Preheat oven to 350°F.
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Place tartpan on a rimmed baking sheet; set aside.
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Spread out pistachios, hazelnuts, and pinenuts on 3 separate small rimmed bakingsheets. Toast nuts until fragrant and lightbrown, about 5 minutes for pistachios,10 minutes for pine nuts, and 20 minutesfor hazelnuts.
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Let nuts cool completely.
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Melt butter in a small saucepan overmedium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally,until golden-brown bits form onbottom of pan, about 5 minutes.
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Removefrom heat and set aside.
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Stir brown sugar, corn syrup, salt, andvanilla in a medium bowl. Stir in eggs, thenwhisk in browned butter. Fold in nuts.
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Pourfilling into tart shell.
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Bake tart, rotating pan halfway through,until filling is set around edges and jigglesslightly in center when nudged, about 1 hour.Loosely tent foil over tart if crust gets toodark.
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Transfer to a wire rack to cool.DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead.
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Letstand at room temperature. Dust withpowdered sugar just before serving.
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Servewith pistachio or hazelnut gelato, if desired.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In45 m.
Servings8
Health Score4
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