Honey Nut Tart

March 31, 2012

On Thursday I took the kids to Costco to do some of the Pesach shopping. By the time we were done the cart was overflowing and I hadn’t even added any impulse buy items (like the giant bear filled with animal crackers that my son convinced me to buy last time that we are never going to finish by Passover). In addition to the alarming number of eggs (16 dozen to be exact) and the 25 pounds of onions, the other thing that took up quite a bit of that space were all the nuts. I bought pounds and pounds of different nuts. Between the charoset, mock chopped liver, nut butters, and all the desserts it is amazing how many pounds of nuts we go through on Passover. Finely ground nuts make up the base for all kinds of flourless cakes and nut butters are a quick and easy way to whip up a batch of last minute cookies. (Like these, these and these)

This year I am am making a dessert for the seder that brings the nuts out of the background and puts them center stage. This tart has the texture of a pecan pie but instead of just pecans the filling is made up of walnuts and pecans suspended in an orange scented honey custard. I like serving desserts for the seder that can be cut into small pieces because people are often too full for a lot of dessert. That being said, this tart is delicious combination of flavors that is sure to have people coming back for “just one more sliver”.

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Ingredients & Quantities

For crust
  • 1.5 oz (1/4 cup) potato starch
  • 2 oz (6 tablespoons) matzah cake meal*
  • 2 oz (1/2 cup) almond meal
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 oz (1/4 cup) oil
  • 2 oz (1/4 cup) almond milk
  • 1 oz (2 tablespoons) sugar
  For filling
  • 1 cup (3.5 oz) walnuts
  • 1 cup (3.5 oz) pecan halves
  • ½ cup (6 oz) honey
  • ½ cup (4 oz) dark brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon fresh orange zest, packed (zest of one small orange)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  *to make this tart gluten free substitute Yehudah Gluten Free Cake Meal for the standard Matzah cake meal. That also has the advantage of making it non-gebrotz.

Preparation Instructions

Serves 8

With baking, accuracy in measurement can make the difference between a tender crust and a tough one, so if at all possible I recommend measuring by weight rather than using the volume approximations.

 

To make the crust:

Preheat the oven to 375.

Whisk the potato starch, cake meal, almond meal, sugar and salt together in a large bowl. Add the oil and almond milk and stir to combine. Press the crust into a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Trim the top edges flush with the top of the pan. Reserve the scraps. Cover the crust with a piece of foil, top with pie weights and bake for 15 minutes.

Remove the foil and bake and additional 5-10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove the tart shell from the oven. If there are cracks in the shell patch them with the reserved scraps and return the pan to the oven for a minute or two to cook them into the crust.
(This is important so that the filling doesn’t leak out the bottom). Remove the tart from the oven and turn the oven down to 325.

 

To make the filling:

Warm honey until very thin and liquid-y. Whisk in the brown sugar, orange zest, salt, vanilla and eggs. Stir in the nuts. Pour filling into baked tart crust.

Bake at 325 for 30 minutes or until tart is set.

8 Comments

    • Sure, the recipe is originally from the Passover Gourmet and it is always a big hit. Enjoy!

      Walnut-Onion Salad (Mock Chopped Liver)
      Serves 4-6

      2 onions, chopped (don’t grind in processor first!)
      6 T oil
      1 ½ C chopped walnuts
      5 hard boiled eggs
      1 t sugar
      salt and pepper to taste

      Fry the onions in the oil with the sugar until golden brown. Remove the onions from the skillet with a slotted spoon and set aside. Fry the walnuts in the skillet for 1 minute. If the onions absorb all the oil, add a little more oil. Remove the walnuts with a slotted spoon. Grind the onions, walnuts and eggs together in a meat grinder or in a food processor fitted with a steel blade and season to taste. Refrigerate.

      • To that basic vegetarian chopped “liver” i also add a cup of well cooked or canned string beans (peas the rest of the year), ground ginger and sage to taste. The spices add authenticity to the “liver” or “chicken” flavor.

    • I hope you enjoy it! We like this version much better than the standard legume based “veggie chopped liver” so I make this version all year.

  1. I made this recipe for my family Seder last night – it was simply OUTSTANDING! No one could believe the crust was peseach-safe. The amond meal mixture formed the perfect tart shell that had a slight crunch, but wasn’t too heavy. The center tastes like a light pecan pie filling without the heaviness of molasses. I would make any of your recipes for the holidays after trying this one. Simple and delicious. Thank you!

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