Chocolate Pecan Tarts With Bourbon Recipes

FAVORITE CHOCOLATE-BOURBON PECAN TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 12-in. circle. Press onto bottom and up sides of an ungreased 11-in. tart pan with removable bottom. Sprinkle with chocolate chips., Beat eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter, bourbon and salt. Stir in pecans. Pour over chocolate chips. Bake until center is just set and crust is golden brown, 30-35 minutes. , Cool on a wire rack. Cut into slices. Serve with caramel topping.

PECAN AND CHOCOLATE TART WITH BOURBON WHIPPED CRèME FRAîCHE

Steps:

• Roll out Pâte Sucrée disk on a lightly floured work surface to a 1/8"-thick round, dusting with flour as necessary to prevent sticking. Transfer crust to tart pan; press onto bottom and up sides of pan. Trim dough flush with edge of pan. Chill for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F. Spread out chopped pecans in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet and toast, stirring once or twice, until lightly browned and aromatic, 8-10 minutes.
• Place butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Cook, swirling pan a few times, until butter browns and smells nutty, about 5 minutes. Discard vanilla bean.
• Whisk sugar, both corn syrups, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in warm brown butter, then eggs; whisk to blend. Spread chopped pecans in an even layer over prepared tart shell. Scatter chocolate over. Place pecan halves in concentric circles over chopped pecans and chocolate. Pour filling slowly and evenly over nuts.
• Bake tart until filling is just set in center, 45-50 minutes.
• Transfer tart to a wire rack; let cool for at least 30 minutes. DO AHEAD: Tart can be made 8 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Beat cream, crème fraîche, and bourbon until soft peaks form. DO AHEAD: Bourbon whipped crème fraîche can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover; chill. Rewhisk before serving.
• Remove pan sides. Cut tart into wedges. Serve warm or at room temperature with bourbon whipped crème fraîche.

BOURBON CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spread pecan halves on a baking sheet.
• Toast pecans in the preheating oven, stirring occasionally, until golden and fragrant, 6 to 10 minutes. Chop coarsely.
• Whisk corn syrup, sugar, eggs, melted butter, bourbon, and salt together in a large bowl. Stir pecans, dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips into the filling.
• Line a 9-inch fluted glass pie plate with pie crust. Brush milk over crust.
• Bake pie crust in the preheated oven until hot to the touch, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour filling into the hot crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are firm and center is mostly set, about 45 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack; cool for at least 1 hour before serving.

CHOCOLATE BOURBON PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees F).
• In a small saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, and butter or margarine. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter or margarine melts and sugar dissolves. Cool slightly.
• In a large bowl combine eggs, bourbon, vanilla, and salt. Mix well. Slowly pour sugar mixture into egg mixture, whisking constantly. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans. Pour mixture into pie shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until set and golden. May be served warm or chilled.

CHOCOLATE-PECAN TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in center. On a lightly floured surface, roll out pie dough to a 12-inch round, about 1/8 inch thick. Wrap dough around rolling pin, and unwrap over a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Press dough into bottom and up sides of pan; trim edge of dough.
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, light corn syrup, 4 teaspoons melted butter, and the vanilla. Scatter chocolate evenly over tart shell. Pour filling over chocolate. Arrange pecans on top, as desired. Dot with 2 teaspoons chilled butter.
• Place tart pan on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until filling is set, 45 to 60 minutes. If pecans are browning too quickly, tent pan with foil. Remove from oven; while still hot, drizzle with bourbon, if desired. Let tart cool completely before serving.

BOURBON CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate until easy to handle, about 1 hour., Preheat oven to 325°. On a floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge., Beat first seven filling ingredients until blended. Stir in 1 cup pecans and 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Pour filling into crust; sprinkle with remaining pecans and chocolate chips. Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is puffed, 50-60 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.

BOURBON PECAN TARTS

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Put a baking sheet on middle rack of oven and preheat to 375°F. Mix crust ingredients in mixer at low speed until a dough forms, 5 to 7 minutes. Press 1/3 cup dough onto bottom and up side of each tart pan, making sides slightly thicker. Chill.
• Make filling:
• Whisk together eggs, sugar, butter, corn syrups, bourbon, vanilla, and salt.
• Divide pecans among tarts, then add filling. Bake on hot baking sheet in oven until filling is just set and crust is golden-brown, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool on racks completely before removing sides of pans.

BOURBON-CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Fit the pie crust into a pie plate, prick the bottom with a fork and set aside.
• Combine the eggs, sugar, brown sugar, flour, corn syrup, melted butter and bourbon in a bowl. Lay the pecans evenly across the bottom of the pie crust. Top with the chocolate bits. Pour the egg mixture over the nuts and chocolate and bake for 50 to 55 minutes, until firm. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

CHOCOLATE PECAN PIES WITH BOURBON VANILLA SAUCE

Steps:

• MAKE COCOA SUGAR DOUGH:.
• Sift flour and cocoa powder onto a piece of waxed paper and set aside.
• Place butter and sugar in bowl; beat with mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
• Add sifted ingredients to butter mixture and beat just until combined.
• Do not overwork.
• Divide the dough into ten small disks on a generously floured work surface.
• Stack the disks of dough, placing a piece of waxed paper between each.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Place each disc in between two sheets of waxed paper and roll to about 1/8-inch thick; place dough in tart pans.
• Set aside.
• MAKE PIE FILLING::.
• Preheat oven to 350°F and position rack in center of oven.
• Heat corn syrup, sugar, cocoa powder and butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan.
• Beat eggs in bowl with a whisk.
• Slowly pour corn syrup mixture into eggs, whisking constantly until well combined.
• Whisk in bourbon.
• Divide chopped pecans and chopped chocolate among pastry-filled tart pans.
• Divide filling among tart pans, filling each about three-fourths full.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until set.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Refrigerate until serving time.
• MAKE CANDIED PECANS:.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Heat water and sugar in small saucepan to a boil.
• Remove from heat.
• Reserve 1/3 cup.
• *Remaining syrup can be saved for another use, such as sweetening drinks.
• Spread pecans in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for about 5 minutes.
• Drizzle one-half syrup (about 3 tablespoons) over nuts and toss to coat.
• Bake for 7 minutes more or until syrup begins to crystallize.
• Drizzle with remaining syrup and toss again.
• Bake for 5 minutes more.
• MAKE BOURBON BANILLA SAUCE:.
• Heat 1 cup cream, milk, vanilla bean and 1/4 cup sugar in medium saucepan to a simmer, stirring constantly.
• Beat remaining sugar with egg yolks in bowl with a whisk.
• Carefully pour one-third milk mixture into eggs, whisking constantly.
• Return the egg mixture to pan; Cook over low heat until sauce has thickened enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
• Stir in bourbon.
• Remove from heat and strain into a bowl through a fine sieve.
• Chill in an ice bath and add remaining cream when cool.
• TO SERVE:.
• Spoon some bourbon vanilla sauce on plate.
• Sprinkle with some candied pecans & raspberries.
• Remove tarts from pans and place on sauce mixture.

CHOCOLATE-PECAN TARTS WITH BOURBON

Steps:

• For the pastry; in a bowl beat the cream cheese with butter at medium speed until smooth; add in flour then beat at low speed until a soft dough forms.
• Divide the pastry into 6 portions.
• Shape each into a ball.
• Press firmly into six (4-1/2 inch) tart pans.
• Sprinkle the chocolate chips over each pastry, then chill for 30 minutes.
• For the filling; in a large bowl beat eggs with white sugar, brown sugar, flour, corn syrup, melted butter, bourbon and vanilla until well blended using an electric mixer at medium speed.
• Pour into the chilled tart shells halfway full (you will have filling left).
• Arrange the pecan halves over the filling.
• Drizzle with remaining filling.
• Place the tarts on a baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 45-50 minutes or until the filling is set.
• Cool and top with whipped cream.