Walnut Honey Tart
Walnut Honey Tart
Ingredients:
For Tart Dough:
Flour 2 cups
Icing sugar 1/2 cup
Eggs 2
Butter 1-1/4 cups
Vanilla essence 1/2 tsp
For the Filling:
Butter 1 cup
Sugar 1/2 cup
Honey 1 cup
Egg yolks 1 cup
Chopped walnuts 1 cup
Sugar 1-1/2 cups
Egg whites 1 cup
Method:
Mix all the ingredients of the dough. Knead till well combined. Roll out dough and place in a tart tin. Place a sheet of greaseproof paper on it and put some ceramic or baking beans on it and bake blind at 180 degrees C for 15-20 minutes or till golden. Remove the paper and beans and keep for a further 5 minutes in oven. Set aside to cool. In a bowl, whisk the butter; add sugar, honey, egg yolks, and walnuts. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with sugar then add to the butter mixture. Pour into the prepared dough. Bake at 160ºC for 35 minutes or until the mixture is just set. Do not over bake it or it will dry out. Serve a slice of walnut honey tart with cream or custard or ice cream.
