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Here is a tart I made for one of our Top Chef nights. I thought it was appropriate to make a nut tart for the foodnuts!

1 ready-made pie crust (I used Trader Joe’s)
3 cups pistachios, divided (2 cups and 1 cup)
1 cup sliced almonds
5 TBS butter
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup dark corn syrup
2 TBS half and half
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup (or more) chocolate chips, melted

Preheat oven according to pie crust directions

Roll out pie crust to fit a 9-inch tart shell. Line tart shell with crust. Bake as directed for single -crust pie until golden.

Pour 2 cups pistachios and sliced almonds over the crust in a single layer. Chop the remaining cup of pistachios, set aside.

Preheat overn to 350 degrees F

In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt butter with brown sugar, corn syrup, half and half and vanilla. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Pour the hot mixture over the pistachios and almonds in the crust.

Bake for 10 minutes, or until bubbly and golden. Let cool on a wire rack.

When cool, drizzle with melted chocolate chips (Melt in microwave in a plastic bag. Snip corner and drizzle). Garnish with chopped pistachios. I put colorful little leaf sprinkles on too because it was fall.

A word for the wise – it’s probably a good idea to put a cookie sheet on a lower rack in the oven to catch the bubbling over part.  Brown sugar and corn syrup are pretty messy to try to clean out of the bottom of your oven.