Chocolate Pecan Butter Tart

What began as a classic butter tart recipe, going back generations, evolved as it was passed around to family and friends. The most recent generation rebelled against using raisins—that’s when pecans were substituted in. Then those same raisin rebels became obsessed with adding chocolate to everything. Et voila, the Chocolate Pecan Butter Tart was born. These certainly taste better with homemade almond pate sablée, but frozen store-bought pastry shells work well in a pinch.