Chocolate Macadamia Tarts

Ingredients

210 gr macadamia nuts
95 gr unsifted all-purpose flour
130 gr granulated sugar
1 gr cinnamon
9 gr butter
10 ml cream
32 gr squares semisweet
230 ml cream cheese
2 eggs
12 gr creme de cacao
4 fluted tart pans
950 ml saucepan
120 ml cream
10 ml cream
6 dessert plates

Instructions

a Chocolate Macadamia Tart on top of Vanilla Sauce; garnish each tart with chocolate curls and confectioners' sugar, if desired. Vanilla Sauce: In 1 litre saucepan, combine half C heavy cream and one third C milk; cook over medium heat just until bubbles form around edge of pan. Remove from heat. In medium-size bowl, beat together 3 T sugar and 2 large egg yolks. Gradually pour cream mixture into yolk mixture, stirring constantly. Pour mixture back into saucepan, cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. (Do not boil.) Strain Vanilla Sauce into bowl; stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Country Living Holidays/92 Scanned & fixed by Di Pahl &