Saturday, October 03, 2009

Spiced Pecan Tart

Fall is in the air and that means Thanksgiving is around the corner for us Canadians. I usually make pumpkin pie for dessert and most likely will again this year but if you're looking for something new try this Spiced Pecan Tart. It's easy, delicious and gives you a great reason to use your tart pan.

The tart consists of a pat-in pastry (no rolling required) and a spicy pecan filling that can be made with or without the addition of bourbon. What I like about making tarts is that they're generally smaller than pies thus requiring less ingredients and they're simpler to pull together. If you feel daunted by pies and crusts, tarts may be for you and they do look very impressive when served. This tart filling is just the right combination of gooey and firm with lots of crunch pecans to balance it out.

Overall, a super tart! Now all I have to work on is taking a decent picture of a slice!
Recipe: Spiced Pecan Tart

9 comments:

Tia said...

I totall agree with you about the pies vs tarts comments. Tarts look so much more elegant too!

Maha said...

Hi CB, love your blog. However the recipe link for the tart isn't working.

Canadian Baker said...

Thanks Maha! I have fixed the link. :)

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Anonymous said...

This looks delicious! Can't wait to try it out. Yum!

Rina said...

I have the same problem with trying to take flattering pics of slices (of anything, pizza, pie, whatever!).

Tart looks awesome.

The Culinary Chase said...

Yum! I haven't had a pecan tart in ages & this one is making me hungry!

emmainab said...

I made this tonight and it was highly successful. Good instructions. A real keeper. Thanks.

healthy eating recipe said...

I have never eaten spiced pecan tart, but the picture looks quite delicious to try, thanks for the sharing