Walnut Caramel Pie
Ingredients
Pastry sugar crust:
300g Flour
200g Butter
100g Caster Sugar
2 Eggs
Vanilla
Lemon zest
Caramel:
500g Sugar
400g Chopped Walnuts
400g Whipping cream
Almond Cream
100g Ground almonds
100g Butter
100g Sugar
100g Eggs
20g Flour
Vanilla
Method of preparation
1- Pastry sugar crust
Mix on low speed the butter and the caster sugar in a food processor.
Incorporate in sequence the eggs, the vanilla and the lemon zest.
Add the flour and mix well.
Wrap the dough and refrigerate for 2 hours.
2- Almond Cream:
In a food processor mix together the butter, the caster sugar, the eggs, the flour and the ground almond.
3- Caramel:
Cook half of the sugar in a medium pot over medium heat, stirring, until the sugar is just dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the rest of the sugar and continue to cook, without stirring, until the syrup is a golden brown.
Add the hot cream and stir until combined.
Stir in the walnuts.
Cool the mixture.
4-Turn out the dough onto a floured work surface,
Roll the dough into the desired thickness and shape.
Transfer the dough to a pan and fit it gently into the Corners.
Add the almond cream over the pie and bake for 20min at 160 ºC
Place the walnut caramel mixture over the pie.
