Vegan Wheat-Free Fruit Tart Recipe

Vegan Wheat-Free Fruit Tart Recipe

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Posted 2012-09-18 by Carolyn Hoppingfollow
If you're a vegetarian, a vegan, or you simply want to cook something yummy for a special person in your life who is, then you'll love this delicious fruit tart recipe which I've been making for years. One of my favourite things about this recipe is that it's so versatile. By substituting its various ingredients you can make it suitable for people with all kinds of dietary requirements.



Vegans love it because it doesn't contain any dairy, while people who want to cut down on their sugar can use ghur (palm sugar), stevia or any other substitute. Finally, its base is made from ground almonds mixed with coconut and margarine (or any other kind of butter substitute), and is therefore perfect for people who are gluten intolerant.
Although the fruits which I've used are apples and dates, feel free to experiment with whatever you like, is in season or have excess of. Figs are delicious, as are fresh apricots and blackberries.
INGREDIENTS
For the base
1 cup ground almonds
1 cup desiccated coconut
¼ cup sugar (optional or substitute, if desired, with an alternate sweetener)
90g margarine

Fruit Filling
8 - 10 large cooking apples
2 cups of chopped dates or figs
Sugar or an alternative (as much as desired)
½ teaspoon cinnamon

METHOD
Combine the ground almonds, coconut, sugar and margarine in a blender until it forms a smooth, firm, dough-like mass. A small amount of water can be added gradually, either in the blender, or afterwards, if the mixture is too dry.

Press the 'dough' over the base and sides of a greased 23 centimetre flan pan, and bake in a 180°C oven for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden.

Remove pie flan from the oven and leave to cool.

While the tart's crust is baking, the apples can be peeled, and both the apples and the dates cut into small pieces.

The fruit should then be steamed in a saucepan over a medium heat, until it is soft, and if desired sugar or an alternative sweetener can be added. This mixture can then be used to fill the pie flan. If there's time, I'll let it cool down a little before doing this, but if you're in a rush just go ahead as soon as you're ready.

The tart can then be returned to the oven and baked once again, until the edges are a nice golden brown colour. Check regularly as it bakes, so it doesn't burn.

When the tart's crust reaches the desired colour, it should be removed from the oven, and left to cool.

This fruit tart tastes equally good when served hot or cool. It tastes wonderful alone but can also be accompanied by dairy ice-cream, cream, soya 'ice-cream' or other vegan dairy substitutes.

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