Party Food

Pumpkin Chocolate-Spiderweb Tart

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PHOTOGRAPHY:
Martha Stewart Living, Special Issue 2009http://www.marthastewart.com/314415/pumpkin-chocolate-spiderweb-tart
    YieldMakes one 10-inch tart

    Ingredients

      • 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin (not pie filling)
      • 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
      • 8 ounces creme fraiche or sour cream
      • 3 large eggs
      • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
      • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
      • 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
      • 1/4 teaspoon salt
      • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
      • 2 ounces best-quality semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
      • <u>Chocolate Crust</u>

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together pumpkin, brown sugar, creme fraiche, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, salt, and cloves until smooth. Pass mixture through a fine sieve into a clean bowl (discard solids). Pour filling into prepared crust, just to top edge.
    2. Bake until filling is set, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool at least 30 minutes.
    3. Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl, set over a pan of barely simmering water; heat until melted, stirring occasionally. Transfer chocolate to a parchment paper cone or resealable bag with a tiny hole cut in one corner. Pipe about 15 evenly spaced lines radiating out from center of tart. Pipe curved lines around perimeter of tart, connecting each spoke. Continue piping curved lines, spacing them closer together as you near the center. Refrigerate tart until set, at least 1 hour (or up to 1 day).

    Cook's Note

    Melted semisweet chocolate piped over the top adds a fanciful finish and serves as an excellent guide for slicing


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  • 36 pretzel sticks and rods of various sizes
  • 72 mini-marshmallows (about 1 cup

  •  How to Make
  • 1
    Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or wax paper.







  • 2
    Place the chips in a double boiler over just-simmering water and melt, stirring frequently. As soon as the chips are just melted (There may even be a few solid ones left), removed the pan from the heat and remove the top section of the double boiler so the chocolate’s temperature doesn’t keep rising.







  • 3
    Stick marshmallows onto both ends of the pretzels, with the marshmallows’ flat sides parallel to the pretzel.







  • 4
    Dip each pretzel in the chocolate and lift out with a fork, letting the excess drip back in the bowl. Lay the bones on the baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes to harden the chocolate. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or at a cool room temperature
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