Name: Chocolate-Caramel Pecan Tart
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups pecans; Basic Tart Dough; All-purpose flour (for surface); 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1/4 cup light corn syrup; 1/4 cup heavy cream; 2 tablespoons bourbon (optional); 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; Flaky sea salt (such as Maldon); A 10"-diameter tart pan with removable bottom

Slice of chocolate tart on a plate topped with pecans.

Chocolate-Caramel Pecan TartMichael Graydon & Nikole Herriott

You can also bake this candy bar of a tart in an 8x8" pan, but whatever you do, toast those nuts.

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