Strawberry Custard Tarts | Gluten free * Vegan

These fully gluten free, vegan strawberry custard tarts are SO delicious and easy to make!

If you love fruit desserts, try this peach crisp and this chocolate pear tart!

It's been such a joy for me creating them, also because making the gluten free vegan custard was no easy task, it took several fails, not so much for the flavour, but rather for the right consistency. Urgh!

So when I finally succeded, I was SO glad I could add the custard to the gluten free tarts!

How to prepare these strawberry custard tarts:

For the tart crust

• In a bowl mix rice flour, almond flour, potato starch, pinch of salt and grated lemon peel
• Add the margarine/vegan butter and the limoncello, mix everything with a spoon until you get big "crumbs" of dough
• Move the dough to the work surface and work the crust dough with your hands, until you get a uniform, compact ball of dough
• Cover it in wrapping plastic and let it rest in the fridge for 1 hour (or 30 minutes in the freezer)
• Pre-heat the oven at 160° C / 320 F
• Take the dough out of the fridge/freezer, cut it into parts (if you are making small tarts), slightly grease the molds and push/spread the dough with your fingers directly into the molds (or the whole dough into the tart pan, if you make a single big one)
• The tarts should be more or less half centimeter thick
• Pinch the tarts base with a fork and bake them for 20-25 minutes (you can bake for another 5 minutes in grill-mode to get a more golden top
• Remove the tart bases from the oven and let them cool down completely

For the lemon custard

• In a bowl mix well the starch, the sugar and the pinch of turmeric powder
• Add the margarine and the vanilla extract and incorporate the dry ingredients, until you get a creamy mixture
• Transfer the mixture into a non sticking pan over low-medium heat, add a small part of the dairy free milk and whisk thoroughly to avoid lumps
• Add the rest of the milk and the lemon peel and keep whisking, after 5 minutes the custard will thicken. Keep whisking for another 5 minutes then switch the heat off and let the custard cool down (do not cover it with a lid)
• You can then add the custard on the tarts and top them with the fresh strawberries, decorating as you want!  I had seasoned them with some lemon and sugar, but you can totally skip that 🙂

Full ingredients and recipe in the card below

These tarts are an ode to Spring, the vegan custard is so delicate and fresh, a perfect contrast to the sweetness of the tart crust and that pinch of salt that enhances all the flavours!

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Ciao!
Sonia