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Papaya-cream cheese tart with macadamia nuts and choc. sa

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Categories: Cheese, Cheese & Eggs, Nuts, Sauces & Dressings, Tarts & Pies
Yield: 8
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Ingredients:
2 cupFlour
6 ozVery cold unsalted butter --
1/2 -inch cubes
1/4 tspSalt
1/2 tspSugar
1/3 cupCold water
12 ozCream cheese
4 ozHeavy whipping cream --
Whipped to soft peak
1/2 cupPowdered sugar
1/2 tspVanilla extract
1 Very ripe papaya, peeled --
Cut in ? slices
1/2 cupPeach glaze, melted
1/2 cupMacadamia nuts -- toasted
8 ozBitter chocolate
8 ozSemisweet chocolate
2 1/2 cupHeavy cream
4 tbspWarm water
Procedures:
1Step one: prepare the tart shell-- sift together the flour, salt, and sugar.
2Coat butter cubes with the flour mixture and water and knead until malleable, but not homogeneous.
3(the amount of water given is approximate; adjust the amount used according to the dough"s consistency).
4Leave bits of plain butter, otherwise the dough becomes too elastic.
5Gently roll dough to ?inch thickness and lay onto a tart pan.
6Trim edges and poke bottom of pastry with a fork.
7Bake in oven at 350 °F for about ten minutes or until tart shell browns slightly.
8Chill.
9Step two: prepare cream cheese filling-- whip whipping cream until it forms soft peaks.
10In a mixer, beat cream cheese until it becomes fluffy.
11Fold in whipped cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract.
12Set aside.
13Step three: assemble tart-- fill tart shell with cream cheese mixture.
14Arrange papaya slices in a pinwheel design over the top of the cream cheese.
15Place macadamia nuts in center of tart.
16With a pastry brush, coat top of tart with peach glaze.
17Refrigerate for ?hour before serving.
18Step four: prepare chocolate sauce-- heat bitter chocolate, semisweet chocolate, heavy cream, and warm water in a saucepan, stirring frequently, until sauce is a smooth consistency.
19Step five: to serve-- slice tart into 8 pieces.
20Drizzle chocolate sauce onto plate and place one piece of tart on each plate
 
 
 
 

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