Name: Chocolate-Brown Butter Tart
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 cup (170 g) chocolate bits (I like to take a bittersweet chocolate bar and chop it into ¼-inch chunkettes); 1 vanilla bean; ½ cup (65 g) all-purpose flour; 1¼ cups (250 g) sugar; ¾ cup (170 g) unsalted butter; 2¾ cups (350 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, cold, cut into ½-inch pieces; 2 egg yolks; ½ cup (100 g) sugar; ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream; 3 eggs; 1 cup (135 g) hazelnuts, toasted for 8 minutes in a 350°F (175°C) oven

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

The Barbuto Cookbook

By Jonathan Waxman

Published 2020

About

I have been making this recipe in one form or the other for almost forty years. It is an incredibly versatile, straightforward, and delicious recipe. It can really transform any fruit, nut, chocolate, or other sweet item into a fabulous dessert. The person who’s really perfected this recipe is my dear friend Nancy Silverton. Nancy might be the most talented, humble