Macadamia Carmel Bar

17 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • Chocolate Macadamia Bars
  • 1 1/2 c all purpose flour
  • 1/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1 c (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter cut into small pieces
  • 2 lg eggyolks
  • 3/4 c plus 2 T heavy cream, chilled
  • 1/2 t pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 c macadamia nuts
  • 1 c sugar
  • 2 T light corn syrup
  • 2 T water
  • 4 T unsalted butter
  • 1/2 t vanilla
  • 8 oz. bittersweet chocolate,finely chopped
  • pinch of coarse salt

Directions

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    {"0":"Make dough","1":"Place flour, cocoa, sugar, and salt in the bowl of food processor; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds.","2":"Add yolks, 2 T cream, vanilla and process until mixture comes together.","3":"Turn out dough onto a piece of plastic wrap and flatten into a disk. Wrap well; refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until ready to use up to 2 days.","4":"Bake Crust","5":"Preheat oven to 375 degrees.","6":"Remove dough from the refrigerator and fit dough into four 2 by 4 inch tart pans with removable bottoms, pressing into corners. Prick bottom of tarts all over with a fork. Bake shell for 20 minutes filled with pie weights.","7":"Toast Macadamia nuts for 10 minutes\/put aside","8":"Make Caramel","9":"Bring sugar, corn syrup and water to boil over med high heat.","10":"Reduce heat to low until caramel is amber in color.","11":"Remove from heat, carefully add 1\/4 c cream, butter, vanilla and salt.","12":"Stir until smooth.","13":"Let cool slightly and stir in nuts.","14":"Make Chocolate","15":"Melt 5 oz. chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water.","16":"Pour 1 1\/2 T chocolate into each shell spread to coat evenly.","17":"Chill until set about 10 minutes.","18":"Pour caramel into shell.","19":"Make ganache","20":"Place remaining 3 oz. chocolate in a heatproof bowl.","21":"Bring remaining 3\/4 c cream to a boil in a small saucepan.","22":"Pour over chocolate and whisk until smooth.","23":"Pour 2 1\/2 T over caramel, smooth with a offset spatula.","25":"Cut into bars, slice in 1\/2 on the diagnol for serving.","27":"May be frozen"}

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