Lemon Tarts

Lemon Tarts Recipe

By Lena's Vegan Living

🔪Prep Time: 40 mins

👩‍🍳Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

CRUST

1 cup of almond flour

1 cup of quinoa flakes

½ cup of ground sunflower seeds

¼ cup of unrefined coconut oil melted above the steam in double boiler

¼ cup maple syrup

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Pinch of Himalayan pink salt

Mix well

LEMON CUSTARD

400 ml of fat coconut milk 1 can, room temperature

2 tbsp arrow root powder

¼ cup maple syrup

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

½ tsp turmeric powder for color

½ cup lemon juice fresh squeezed

MERINGUE

1 cup of Swerve sweetener

¼ tsp of cream of tartar

3/4 cup of aquafaba chilled liquid from canned chickpeas

1 tsp pure vanilla extract preferably powder

Instructions

1CRUST

2Line your pans with parchment paper. Brush the bottom with oil first to help the paper stick on.

3Measure 5tbsp or mini ice cream scoops of the mixture per tart.

4While wearing surgical gloves, press down the mixture until perfectly flat. Create a rim and remove the overlapping crumbs. Press down to make the edge smooth. If you don’t have gloves, you can use plastic wrap.

5Preheat oven to 350F, 200C.

6Place small piece of parchment paper in the centre of each tart and fill with beans or baking pie beads.

7Bake for 15 minutes.

8When ready, let it cool down for at least 30 minutes before you fill them with custard.

9LEMON CUSTARD

10Mix all the ingredients except lemon juice and whisk well.

11Bring it to a boil, whisk again and take it off the heat.

12Add lemon juice and whisk thoroughly.

13Transfer the custard to a measuring pitcher and fill your tarts.

14Place them into a refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight.

15MERINGUE

16In a small bowl, mix cream of tartar with Swerve sweetener and set aside.

17Pour aquafaba into a large bowl or standing mixer and whisk full speed util thick and fluffy. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes.

18Gradually start adding the sweetener mixture measuring about ¼ cup each time and continue whisking.

19Add vanilla powder at the end and whisk couple minutes longer.

20Remove your tarts from the pans. It should be easy, by pushing the bottom upwards.

21Fill your piping bag and decorate each tart.

22By using butane torch, lightly toast meringue on your tarts.

23Yu may decorate with slices of lemon and mint leaves.

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