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Great, quick enough dessert to prepare, and in all this, it is gluten-free and white sugar-free, which makes it even more wonderful!
Grab the recipe gluten-free tartlets and the history of the tartlets :)
There are two schools of thought on the history of tarts. One posits that tarts have evolved out of the “putting things on top of other things” tradition of gastronomy. According to this line of thought, human beings have been putting foodstuffs on top of other foodstuffs — notably round, flat pieces of bread — for millennia now. Since bread is made of flour and tart crusts are made of flour (albeit highly enriched flour), any of these foods counts as a tart. Technically. (People argue the same thing about cake…and pizza).
The second school of thought maintains that tarts spring from the Medieval pie-making tradition, and are in fact a kind of flat, open-faced pie. These folks have the shape and technique argument on their side, and I’m inclined to side with them. Enriched doughs (i.e. “short” crusts) came into common use about two hundred years after pies (about 1550 versus about 1350 or before for basic pie cr
usts), and in the same geographic area — Europe.
Pies and tarts differ in that while pie was a commoner’s sort of fare, a way of recycling offal and table scraps for later consumption (call it Medieval Tupperware), tarts were the stuff of high cuisine. Which is to say, they were extremely popular among the nobility. Court cooks employed tarts not so much for their taste but because of their looks. Often custard-based, a large, open tart presented a broad canvas upon which an artistic chef might compose a work of edible art. Thus brightly-colored fruits, vegetables and spices all found their way into (onto) them. They could be sweet, savory, or more often than not, a mixture of both.
Over time culinary trends took tarts primarily in the sweet direction (citrus tarts like orange and lemon are two all-time classics) though it’s important not to forget their famous savory cousins, quiches. I can’t say which of the two I prefer, though having already done quiche, I’ll concentrate on the sweet stuff this week.*source
So let's jump to the recipe!
Prep: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Level: easy
Servings: 4 servings
Calories per serving: 417 kcal
Find the recipe & nutrition facts below :
For the tartlets:
½ cup of almond flour
1 tbsp. Coconut flour
2 tbsp. Maple syrup
2 tbsp. Coconut oil melted
For the chocolate layer:
¼ cup of chocolate drops
2 tbsp. Soy milk
2 tbsp. Coconut oil
For the salted caramel:
¼ cup almond tahini
3 tbsp. Coconut oil (odorless) melted
⅓ cup of maple syrup
Himalayan salt
Method:
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 180C.
Step 2: Mix all the ingredients for the tartlet and distribute between two greased tartlet molds, shaping them nicely with your fingers. Bake for about 15 minutes.
Step 3: Melt the chocolate in a water bath and add the soy milk and coconut oil, mix well. Fill the tartlets. Place in the freezer for at least 15 minutes.
Step 4: Separately mix the almond oil with the maple syrup and the coconut oil and place on top of the tartlets. Sprinkle with a little coarse sea salt on top.
