The Berry Nice Dessert 

Today I did lots of experimenting to make a dessert that not only looks amazing but is low in processed sugars, gluten free (for all your celiac friends) and vegan friendly. May I present to you...

The Berry Nice Tart 😋

The crust

Ingredients

• 1 cup of cashews
• 1 cup of tapioca flour
• 50ml of olive oil
• 50ml of maple syrup

Method

1. Place all ingredients into the cook processor with the multi-blade attachment. Pulse for 15 seconds, scrape down sides and repeat until ingredients form a crumble and presses into a dough.
2. Using olive oil, grease a 20cm round, 3cm deep fluted, loose bottomed tin. Press dough into pan to form your tart crust, ensuring that the thickness is even on both the base and sides of tin.
3. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 15min.
4. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.

The vanilla creamy jelly center

Ingredients

• 1 cup of soaked cashews (2 hours of soaking or more is needed)
• 2 cups of filtered water
• 1/2 cup of maple syrup
• 1 Tbsp of tapioca flour
• 2 Tbsp of agar agar powder
• 2 tsp of vanilla bean paste
• Zest of one small lemon

Method

1. Place soaked cashews and water in the cook processor with multi-blade. Increase speed slowly up to 10, and blitz for 5min.
2. Using a nut cloth, strain the cashew milk. Place the cashew milk into the cook pro with the stir assist. Place the cashew meal onto am oven tray and bake for 30min at 100 degrees Celsius.
3. Add maple syrup, tapioca flour and agar agar to the cashew milk in the cook pro.
4. Set temperature to 70 degrees Celsius, select speed one and mix for 10min.
5. Add vanilla bean paste and lemon zest and stir on speed 1 for 20 seconds.
6. Let cool for 15min in cook pro.
7. Pour mixture into cold tart crust.
8. Place in fridge for 3 hours. 

The berry nice topping

Ingredients

• 1 punnet of strawberries
• 1 punnet of blueberries
• Juice of 1 orange
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 tsp of agar agar

Method

1. Place berries, orange juice and maple syrup into the cook pro with the stir assist. Set temperature to 70, remove measuring cup, set speed to 1 and cook for 3 min.
2. Add agar agar to mix, set temp to 70, set speed to 1 and cook for 5 min.
3. Stir on speed 1 for 15 min, without heat to cool mixture.
4. Once cooled, add to the top of your tart, placing strawberries on first, followed by blueberries.
5. To garnish, add the zest of one orange and use the cashew meal crumb.
6. Enjoy with friends and family.

Happy eating!

Love Mandy M