La Bonissima

Walnut-Honey Tart

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8 to 10

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1998

  • About

This is the real thing—no apples. Just a dense, rich, double-crusted walnut tart with a chocolate glaze. We have defied tradition by adding a little honey to the glaze to pick up the honey in the filling. This tart is delicious served with whipped cream.

Ingredients

Pastry

  • cups (all-purpose) flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ pound

Method

For the pastry, combine the flour and sugar in a mixing bowl or in the bowl of a food processor. Cut or process in the butter with short pulses until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Lightly beat the remaining ingredients together. Gradually work it into the flour mixture with your fingers, or pour it through the feed tube with the processor running and process just until the dough comes