Vegan Fruit Tart

Vegan Fruit Tart

A crisp vegan sweet pastry shell filled with smooth vanilla custard and topped with fresh strawberries, kiwi, blueberries, and a glossy apricot glaze.

Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Combine the flour, icing sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl. Rub in the chilled vegan butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

    Timer: 8 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 220.0 gr All-Purpose Flour, 2.0 gr Fine Salt, 60.0 gr Sugar, 120.0 gr Vegan Butter

    Cookware: mixing bowl

  2. Step 2

    Add 2 tbsp (30 ml) soy milk and mix just until the dough holds together. Flatten it into a disc, cover, and refrigerate.

    Timer: 30 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 30.0 ml Unsweetened Soy Milk

    Cookware: mixing bowl

  3. Step 3

    Preheat the oven to 180°C.

    Cookware: oven

  4. Step 4

    Roll the chilled dough into a circle about 3 mm thick. Fit it into the tart pan, trim the edge, and prick the base lightly with a fork.

    Timer: 10 min (fixed)

    Cookware: fork, rolling pin, tart pan

  5. Step 5

    Line the pastry with baking parchment and fill it with pie weights. Bake at 180°C.

    Timer: 15 min (fixed)

    Cookware: baking parchment, oven, pie weights, tart pan

  6. Step 6

    Remove the parchment and pie weights. Bake the uncovered shell at 180°C until evenly golden, then transfer it to a wire rack.

    Timer: 15 min (fixed)

    Cookware: baking parchment, oven, pie weights, tart pan, wire rack

  7. Step 7

    Whisk 2 1/8 cups (500 ml) soy milk with the granulated sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan until completely smooth.

    Timer: 3 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 45.0 gr Cornstarch, 80.0 gr Granulated Sugar, 500.0 ml Unsweetened Soy Milk

    Cookware: saucepan, whisk

  8. Step 8

    Cook the custard over medium heat, whisking continuously, until it reaches a full bubble and becomes thick. Continue cooking while whisking.

    Timer: 1 min (fixed)

    Cookware: saucepan, whisk

  9. Step 9

    Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.

    Ingredients used: 10.0 ml Vanilla Extract

    Cookware: saucepan, spatula

  10. Step 10

    Press baking parchment directly against the custard surface and let the custard cool until no longer warm.

    Timer: 60 min (fixed)

    Cookware: baking parchment, saucepan

  11. Step 11

    Whisk the cooled custard briefly until smooth, then spread it evenly in the completely cooled pastry shell.

    Timer: 5 min (fixed)

    Cookware: spatula, tart pan, whisk

  12. Step 12

    Arrange the strawberries, kiwi, and blueberries over the custard.

    Timer: 10 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 125.0 gr Blueberry, 2.0 piece Kiwi, 200.0 gr Strawberry

    Cookware: tart pan

  13. Step 13

    Warm the apricot jam over low heat until fluid, then brush a thin glaze over the fruit.

    Timer: 3 min (fixed)

    Ingredients used: 60.0 gr Apricot jam

    Cookware: pastry brush, saucepan

  14. Step 14

    Refrigerate the assembled tart until set. Remove it from the pan and slice shortly before serving.

    Timer: 30 min (fixed)

    Cookware: tart pan

Nutrition (Estimated)

Food safety

Caution: low

Wash and dry the fruit before use. Refrigerate the assembled tart promptly, keep it chilled below 5°C, and consume within 3 days.

Risk factors

  • Raw flour in the unbaked pastry
  • Perishable soy custard
  • Cut fresh fruit

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