Macadamia Nut White Chocolate Brownie Tart Recipes

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
• In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt white chocolate and butter, stirring, until smooth and remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat. Cool chocolate mixture to room temperature.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until thickened and pale and beat in white chocolate mixture. Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and beat into chocolate mixture just until batter is combined well. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips and spread batter evenly in pan.
• Bake brownies in middle of oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack before cutting into 16 squares. Brownies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container at cool room temperature, 5 days.

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND MACADAMIA NUT BROWNIES WITH HOT FUDGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Brownie:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Sift flour with salt into bowl.
• Using electric mixer beat eggs in large bowl.
• until frothy.
• Add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time and beat until pale yellow and slowly dissolving ribbon forms when beaters are lifted. Gently fold in melted chocolate (mixture may lose volume).
• Add melted butter and vanilla and stir well (mixture may look curdled).
• Fold in flour.
• Fold in nuts and chopped chocolate.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out not quite clean, about 25 minutes. Do not overbake.
• Cool in pan on rack. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Store at room temperature.)
• Cut brownies into squares.
• Transfer to plates.
• Pour Hot Fudge Sauce over and serve.
• Hot Fudge Sauce:.
• Cook cream and sugar in small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Add chocolate and stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• Add butter and corn syrup and stir until butter melts. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.) Before serving, stir fudge sauce over low heat until it is heated through.
• Makes about 1 1/2 cups sauce.

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA BROWNIES

Steps:

• heat oven to 325.
• line a 13x9" pan with tin foil.
• combine butter and chocolate and microwave on hi 2 minutes, stir until melted in a large bowl beat eggs and salt until light.
• add sugar and vanilla, beat until creamy.
• beat in chocolate and flour until well mixed.
• stir in macadamia nuts.
• spread evenly in pan.
• bake 35-45 minutes until center is set.
• cool on wire rack.

WHITE CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
• In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt white chocolate and butter, stirring, until smooth and remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat. Cool chocolate mixture to room temperature.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until thickened and pale and beat in white chocolate mixture. Into a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and beat into chocolate mixture just until batter is combined well. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips and spread batter evenly in pan.
• Bake brownies in middle of oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack before cutting into 16 squares. Brownies keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container at cool room temperature, 5 days.

WHITE CHOCOLATE & MACADAMIA TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to moderately slow, 160°C, and lightly grease a 23cm springform flan pan.
• Place flour, butter, nuts and icing sugar in a food processor and process until well-combined, add egg yolks and water and process until the ingredients just come together.
• Turn onto a lightly floured surface, knead gently, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
• Roll out the pastry between 2 sheets of baking paper, ease into prepared pan, trim the edges and chill for 10 minutes.
• Bake blind (see Note below) for 15 minutes, remove paper and filling, and bake for another 10 minutes.
• FILLING: Melt 250g chocolate in a small saucepan over a low heat; in a small bowl, using an electric beater, beat the egg yolks, eggs and caster sugar until the mixture is thick and creamy; stir in the cream, vanilla extract and melted chocolate.
• Sprinkle the pastry base with macadamia nuts, pour the chocolate mixture into the pastry case; bake for 35-40 minutes or until the filling is set.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Serve the tart, drizzled with the remaining melted white chocolate.
• NOTE: To blind bake, put rice, dried beans or pastry weights in the pastry shell, then bake as directed.