Tahini Salted Caramel Tart

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If you privation dessert that looks analyzable but comes unneurotic reasonably easy and volition person your household and friends raving, this is it. Buttery, cocoa crust is punctuated by sesame seeds and gets filled with salted caramel mixed with tahini. Don’t skip connected the labneh whipped pick — it provides a tangy, caller counterpoint to the affluent caramel and crust. There's nary amended mode to extremity a festive meal.

Silan is disposable astatine Middle Eastern markets oregon online.

Ingredients

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Servings: 8-10 Makes 1 (9-inch) tart

For the cocoa shortbread crust

8 tablespoons (113 grams/1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cupful (65 grams) confectioners' sugar
3/4 cupful (94 grams) flour
1/3 cupful (50 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder, positive much for serving
1/4 spoon good oversea salt
3 tablespoons sesame seeds, positive much for serving

For the tahini salted caramel

1/2 cupful (100 grams) granulated sugar
3 tablespoons water
3/4 cupful (180 milliliters) dense cream
1/2 cupful (82 grams) lightly packed airy brownish sugar
6 tablespoons (85 grams) unsalted butter, chopped into 6 pieces
3 tablespoons silan (date syrup) oregon airy honey
3/4 spoon good oversea salt
1/3 cupful (60 milliliters) tahini

For the labneh whipped cream

2/3 cupful (180 milliliters) dense cream
1/2 cupful (120 milliliters) labneh oregon Greek yogurt
1 tablespoonful confectioners' sugar

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

Calories
500
Fat
34 g
Saturated Fat
22 g
Carbohydrates
44 g
Sodium
260 mg
Cholesterol
90 mg
Protein
5 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
25 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen" by Adeena Sussman (Avery, 2019).

Tested by Olga Massov.

Published September 18, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026