Chocolate - Caramel Tarts

These addictive tarts are super simple to make. They are delicious as they look and you cannot stop eating with one . I made these tarts for a get together at home and everyone loved it . It was actually finger licking good. That's how everybody ended up eating too :) .

I made these a day before allowed it to set . They were beautifully set when it was served and the tart shell held its crunchiness too . The bottom layer was  homemade salted caramel sauce and the second layer was Chocolate Sauce/  Ganache and topped with roasted Pecans.

Ingredients :

For the Tart Shell:

All Purpose Flour - 1 Cup minus 3 TBLS

Cocoa Powder - 2 TBLS

Icing Sugar - 2 TBLS

Salted Butter - 4 TBLS

Cold Milk - 2 TBLS ( or till you form a dough)

For the Salted Caramel Sauce:

Butter- 1 Cup

Sugar - 6 TBLS

Heavy Cream - 1/2 Cup

For Chocolate Sauce -

Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips - 8 oz

Heavy Cream - 3/4 Cup

Vanilla Essence - 1 TSP

Instructions:

How to make the Tart Shell:

- Combine all the dry ingredients together.
- Mix the cold butter with the dry ingredients . I t will be looking crumbly
- Lastly add the cold milk and mix .  knead it for a minute .
- Wrap the dough in a cling wrap and refrigerate it till you use it .

How to Bake the Tart:

- Pre heat the oven at 350F.
-Roll out the dough . Shape the dough really thin in a muffin pan ( As we do for Pies)
- Place some parchment paper over each tart shell and keep some nuts over it .
- Bake it for 12 Minutes . Take the parchment paper and nuts out from the tart and bake it again for 5 minutes.
- Once they are baked . take it from the oven.
-Allow it to rest on the muffin pan for 5 minutes and then keep it in the cooling rack allow it to cool down completely .

How to Make the Salted Caramel Sauce : Click for the Instructions

How to Make the Chocolate Sauce :

- Place the chocolate chips in a bowl.
- In another heavy bottom pan boil the heavy cream , when the fresh cream comes to the boiling stage remove from heat and immediately pour it on top of the chocolate chips.
- Keep it stirring till the chocolate gets melted.
- Allow the chocolate sauce to set . Refrigerate it .

How to Assemble the Tarts:

-  Take a tart shell . Scoop a spoonful of  caramel sauce into the tarts.
- Level the caramel sauce .
- Then take another scoop of chocolate sauce place it over the caramel sauce.
- Level the chocolate sauce .
- Garnish it with Roasted Pecans or any nuts to your preference.
- Refrigerate the tarts till you serve them.

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