Chocolate Pecan Tart Recipe

Ingredients (14)

• 1 prepared pastry crust (1/2 recipe of Perfect Pie Crust)
• 2 cups (8 ounces) pecans
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) salted or unsalted butter (whichever you have handy), cut up into pieces
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 ounces good-quality bittersweet chocolate (60 to 70%), chopped into 1-inch pieces
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Powdered sugar, for sprinkling
• Special equipment:
• 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom
• Ceramic pie weights or dried beans, for blind baking the crust
• Wide metal spatulas (handy for transferring the tart to the serving plate)