{"id":15430,"date":"2017-02-17T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T08:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oogio.net\/?p=15430\/"},"modified":"2022-01-15T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T08:35:12","slug":"halva-pecan-and-chocolate-tart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lilcookie.com\/halva-pecan-and-chocolate-tart\/","title":{"rendered":"Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Halva is a great ingredient I tend to use quite a lot in my recipes. It&#8217;s a Middle Eastern treat that is very popular in Israel.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This pie combines halva with pecans and chocolate, and it&#8217;s pretty, sweet and so delicious. The crust is filled with halva and pecan cream, all topped with dark chocolate truffle domes, halva cream and homemade sesame nougatine (bark).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15432\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15432\" class=\"wp-image-15432\" title=\"Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilcookie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/halva_pecan_and_coffee_tart-s.jpg\" alt=\"Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart\" width=\"800\" height=\"1197\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Natalie Levin<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6091382327871787\" data-ad-slot=\"7832461759\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">24 cm round pie pan or baking ring<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"difficulty_mian\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>For short crust pastry:<br \/>\n<\/u>150 grams all-purpose flour<br \/>\n100 grams cold butter, cut into cubes<br \/>\n40 grams icing sugar<br \/>\nPinch of salt<br \/>\n1 tsp. vanilla extract<br \/>\n1 egg yolk<br \/>\n1-2 tbsp. cold water (as needed)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>For halva and pecan cream:<br \/>\n<\/u>100 grams pecans<br \/>\n20 grams sesame seeds<br \/>\n75 grams cold butter cut into cubes<br \/>\n1 tbsp. raw tahini paste<br \/>\n1 tbsp. honey<br \/>\n70 grams sugar<br \/>\n1 tbsp. all-purpose flour<br \/>\nPinch of salt<br \/>\n1 large egg<br \/>\n1-2 tbsp. cold milk<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>For sesame nougatine:<br \/>\n<\/u>25 grams corn syrup<br \/>\n30 grams sugar<br \/>\n30 grams sesame seeds<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>For dark chocolate truffles domes:<br \/>\n<\/u>150 grams dark chocolate<br \/>\n100 ml. heavy cream<br \/>\nPinch of salt<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>For halva cream:<br \/>\n<\/u>250 ml. heavy cream<br \/>\n1 tbsp. honey<br \/>\n1 tbsp. raw tahini paste<br \/>\nPinch of salt<br \/>\n1 tsp. cream stabilizer or instant vanilla pudding mix<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grated dark chocolate for decoration<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15431\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15431\" class=\"wp-image-15431\" title=\"Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilcookie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/halva_pecan_and_coffee_tart2-s.jpg\" alt=\"Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Natalie Levin<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Preparation<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Crust: in a food processor with a steel blade put flour, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt and process until mixture is crumbly.<\/li>\n<li>Add egg yolk and continue to process just until large clumps of dough form. If the dough is not setting, gradually add a little milk.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the dough chunks on a lightly floured work surface and form a disc-shape with your hands.<\/li>\n<li>Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about an hour.<\/li>\n<li>Roll out the dough on a floured work surface about 3-4 mm thick and line the pie pan. It is important to create a right angle between the sides and the base of the crust, which will ensure the edges remain high when baking.<\/li>\n<li>Using a fork create holes in the crust. Freeze the crust for about an hour.<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 170c degrees.<\/li>\n<li>Blind baking: put a sheet of heat-resistant plastic wrap or baking paper on the frozen crust and fill with dry beans or special weights for baking.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for about 12-14 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the weights and the plastic wrap and continue to bake the crust for about 3-4 minutes or until it is lightly golden.<\/li>\n<li>Cool at room temperature.<\/li>\n<li>Halva and pecan cream: in a food processor with a steel blade put pecans, sesame, butter, tahini, honey, sugar, flour and salt and process until mixture is crumbly.<\/li>\n<li>Add egg and a little milk and blend until you get a thick cream.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the cream over half-baked crust and flatten slightly.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 10-12 minutes until the filling is golden and set, but still slightly soft in the center.<\/li>\n<li>Cool completely before the decorations.<\/li>\n<li>Sesame seeds nougatine: Preheat oven to 170c degrees.<\/li>\n<li>In a small pan put corn syrup and sugar and solvents together on high heat until sugar dissolves and mixture is bubbling.<\/li>\n<li>Add sesame seeds and mix.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the mixture to an oven pan lined with baking paper.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 6-10 minutes or until completely browned and bubbly.<\/li>\n<li>Cool completely until set and break into asymmetrical pieces.<\/li>\n<li>Dark chocolate truffles domes: chop the chocolate and put in a bowl. Add heavy cream and salt and solvents together in the microwave or over double-boiler, until everything is melted and mixture is smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the mixture into a dome-shaped silicon mold and level the top.<\/li>\n<li>Freeze until completely frozen.<\/li>\n<li>Extract the frozen chocolate domes and store in the freezer until assembly.<\/li>\n<li>Halva cream: in a mixer bowl put cream, honey, tahini, salt and stabilizer and whip at high speed until you get a very stable whipped cream.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the whipped cream into a piping bag with a 2cm serrated piping tip.<\/li>\n<li>Assemble the tart: arrange the chocolate domes on the tart at intervals.<\/li>\n<li>Pipe mounds of halva cream in between the domes.<\/li>\n<li>Decorate with nougatine and grated chocolate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Keep the tart in a closed container in the refrigerator up to 3-4 days.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Instead of pecan you can use any other nut you like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_15433\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15433\" class=\"wp-image-15433\" title=\"Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilcookie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/roni_and_the_pie-s.jpg\" alt=\"Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Natalie Levin<\/p><\/div>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halva is a great ingredient I tend to use quite a lot in my recipes. It&#8217;s a Middle Eastern treat that is very popular in Israel. This pie combines halva with pecans and chocolate, and it&#8217;s pretty, sweet and so delicious. The crust is filled with halva and pecan cream, all topped with dark chocolate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1577],"tags":[1618,1852,1644,1636,5618],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart | Lil&#039; Cookie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pecan and Chocolate Tart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lilcookie.com\/halva-pecan-and-chocolate-tart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Halva, Pecan and Chocolate Tart | Lil&#039; Cookie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pecan and Chocolate Tart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lilcookie.com\/halva-pecan-and-chocolate-tart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lil&#039; 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