Pecan Fig tart

 Ingredients:

Pie Shell:
190 gm plain flour
30 gm icing sugar
100 gm butter
1 small egg
cold water to bind
pinch of salt

Method:

1. Stir together the flour, sugar and salt into a large bowl.
2. Add the butter cubes and rub with your fingertip until mixture begins to clump together or use a food processor.
3. Knead lightly for a few seconds before shaping into a disk about 5 to 6 centimeters thick. 
4. Completely wrap in plastic and chill.
5. Roll out the chilled dough and transfer into the buttered loose-bottom 23 cm tart pan. 
6. Smooth out the edges of the pan.
7. Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
8. Preheat your oven to 350°F/180 C.  Lined with parchment paper and baking beans. 
9. Blind bake for 10 minutes.  
10. Remove the baking beans and continue to bake until the edges turn golden. 
11. Remove from the oven and cool on a rack.

Filling:

1/4 cup pack brown sugar

2 large eggs

1/4  cup honey

2 tabsp dark rum

2 tabsp butter, melted

1 tsp vanilla essence

140 gm pecan - roast lightly & coarsely chopped
50 gm dried figs - cut into small pieces

Pinch of salt

Method:

1.       In a medium bowl, cream the eggs and brown sugar.
2.       Add the honey and beat well.
3.       Add the rum, melted butter, vanilla & salt & beat well.
4.       Stir in the chopped pecans and dried figs and scrape into the blind-baked tart shell.
5.       Arrange the pecans evenly.
6.       Bake in preheated oven 180 C for 20 to 25 minutes until the filling is set and crust is golden.
7.      Let cool before serving.

Dried Figs.

Fill the tart shell with pecan and dried fruits and arrange whole pecan before baking.