Blackberry and Coconut Custard Tart
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour *150g
- 1/4 cup almond meal *28g
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar *35g
- 90g cold coconut oil or dairy free butter
- 1/2 tbsp cold almond milk *7g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
Blackberry jam
- 150g blueberries
- 2 tbsp sugar of choice (25g)
- 1/4 cup water (60g)
- 1/2 tsp agar agar powder
Blackberry custard
- 200g coconut custard
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 100g blackberries, purée
- 1/2 tsp agar agar powder
Preparation
Crust
Preheat oven to 180C/360F.
In a food processor, add crust ingredients and pulse until a dough ball forms.
Refrigerate the dough for at least 10 minutes.
Roll out the chilled dough and place gently into tart pan.
Firmly press mixture into the tart pan with your hands, press into bottom and up the sides of tart pan.
Chill the dough if it gets too warm.
Bake for 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
Jam
Add the berries, water and sugar into a saucepan and cook on a medium heat.
Mash the berries as they begin to heat up.
Add agar powder and cook until dissolved and mixture reaches a saucy consistency.
Remove from the heat.
Transfer berry jam over the crust.
Refrigerate while working on the filling.
Coconut custard
In a saucepan, combine the blackberry purée, coconut custard and sugar.
Cook on a medium heat with constant stirring for 1 minute.
Add agar-agar and mix until completely dissolved.
Let simmer for 1 minute.
Pour custard over the jam layer.
Refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.