Pave de Biscoito Maria (Layered Cookie Tart)
- Ready In:
- 6hrs
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
9
ingredients
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DULCE DE LECHE
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (lowfat or fat-free okay)
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COOKIE LAYER
- 1 (7 ounce) package maria cookies (see note below)
- 1 cup milk (I use skim or fat-free half & half)
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PAVE
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 7 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 ounces butter or 4 ounces margarine
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder (optional)
- roasted peanuts, for decoration
- maraschino cherry, for decoration
directions
- NOTE: Maria cookies are usually found in the ethnic/Hispanic foods section of grocery stores. Hard ladyfingers or graham crackers may be substituted.
- Remove label from condensed milk can.
- Place UNOPENED can in a large saucepan and cover it with water.
- Boil for 1 to 1. 5 hours, making sure that the top of the can is always covered with at least a half-inch of water to prevent an explosion (if the water level becomes too low, just add some more hot water to the pan until can is sufficiently covered).
- Remove can from water with tongs or a strainer and set aside to cool.
- Allow can to come to room temp before opening (hot can is under pressure and will spray you if opened).
- With a mixer, beat the butter/margarine and sugar until well-mixed (3-5 min. depending on strength of your mixer).
- Add yolks, one by one, beating well after each addition.
- Add cocoa powder now if you want a chocolate pavé (very good this way).
- Beat in vanilla extract and heavy cream (beat only until mixture is homogeneous and fluffy- it will become grainy if overmixed).
- Pour milk or half-and-half in a shallow dish for moistening cookies.
- In a 2-quart glass casserole or 8x8" dish, dip cookies one by one and form a layer to cover the bottome of the casserole.
- Next, spread half of the butter-cream mixture over the cookies.
- Top with another layer of moistened cookies and rest of the butter-cream mixture, ending with a layer of moistened cookies.
- Spread entire can of room-temp dulce de leche over the dessert.
- Sprinkle with roasted peanuts, and decorate with maraschino cherries that have been patted dry.
- Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnite to allow layers to fully blend.
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Reviews
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This was actually quite easy to make! I boiled the dulce de leche 70 minutes and went out for the day when it had to cool. I was surprised it turned into a sort of caramel.. However, next time i will use only half a can, or double the other ingredients. It was a bit too sweet for our liking, and we couldn't taste much of the chocolate, so next time i'll use at least 3 tablespoons of cocoa i think.. Made for the Tastebud Tickling Travellers, ZWT4
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