Sarma's Strawberry Tarts
[ 9 February 2008 ]
Today we went to a raw food picnic. It was so exciting & everyone we met was super-friendly, happy, positive & interesting. There were also two other people who had been to Burning Man, which was funny to say the least!
We decided to make something tasty to take along, & I settled on this recipe from Carol Alt‘s book The Raw 50. While it was frustrating to get 4 cups of coconut meat, the tarts were really delicious & were quickly eaten up. (That’s why there’s only four left in the photo!)
If you want to make it yourself, it’s very easy & doesn’t require a dehydrator or any crazy equipment — just a blender & some fridge space. Ours don’t look mind-blowing or anything, but I think we did pretty well for raw amateurs!
The recipe makes 12 to 14 3-inch tarts, & we have none left!
Tart crust
4 cups whole raw almonds
1/4 cup raw agave nectar (we used honey)
1/2 cup coconut oil, warmed to room temperature
1/4 teaspoon fine Himalayan salt
Vanilla cream
4 cups fresh coconut meat
1/2 cup light raw agave nectar (again, we used honey)
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
Seeds from 1/2 vanilla bean
1/2 teaspoon fine Himalayan salt
1/2 cup coconut oil, warmed until liquid
Strawberries
1 quart strawberries
1/4 cup raw agave nectar
How to do it!
To make the crust, grind the almonds in a food processor or blender until fine, but stop before they become too oily. We chopped ours pretty small on a board & then put them in the blender. Transfer the ground nuts to a bowl & add the nectar, coconut oil & salt.
Line little tart pans or a muffin tray (what I did) with tinfoil. Tuck it into the holes, & leave it loose off the sides so that you can pull it out again easily later on.
Put a couple of tablespoons of dough into each pan, & press it down so that forms a crust. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
Combine all the vanilla cream ingredients (except the coconut oil) in a blender & whizz it until it’s smooth. Add the coconut oil in & continue blending until it’s all mixed well. Chill in the fridge for an hour.
To make the tarts, fill the crusts with a couple of tablespoons of the coconut cream. Slice strawberries & lay them out nicely on the top of each tart. Drizzle with agave nectar, chill for a while, then eat!
Yum!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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Wow you are a super raw foodie!
They look divine. A raw picnic sounds like the ideal space to be in!
Snowing in Tokyo – trying to be totally cool with it but…
shall soak up the warm energy from this very yummy looking post of yours!
Just made myself an over sized bowl of comfort (it is OK that it is cold everyday) food – huge globs of raw, organic peanut butter, raw cacao nibs, raw honey and two big beautiful bananas mmmmmmmmmmmm I feel slightly guilty for gobbling it all and leaving none for Masao but it was too good to share!
All powered up and off to shop like a wild woman!
rawesomely yours
d
xx
Stumbled on your blog while searching “chinese new year” on Twitter! Love the site! going to recommend your blog to a foodie friend of mine
damn those look good! sound like a lot of work for lazy little me though :) good on you people that actually put effort into your food!
Wow, coconuts might be a little hard to find in Georgia but those tarts look pretty tasty. And what is different about Himalayan salt? Do you think it matters if one was to use sea salt maybe?
sushi zume — It was so good! There were two people there who own a raw restaurant in Vancouver who made this insane raw lasagne — so yummy, so many flavours & textures, it was amazing!
Daryl Tay — Thank you ;D I’m not much of a foodie though, beware!!
Mandy — There are differences but in such small quantities, it’s probably not discernable. Sea salt should be just fine :>
Hey there, what a lovely blog you have. I’m the ‘foodie’ that Daryl was talking about. I only call myself a foodie because I want to learn everything about food, both the best and the ordinary. Am looking forward to learning more from your site. It is so apt as I just posted a ‘icing’ recipe on my blog. :D
yummy in deffinatley going to give that a go
yep those tarts lo0k
ooglie-booglie-saliva-drippy
raw-fo0dy-divine.
im a comfort-food-foodie if there’s such a thing.
lovely post though.
mwahs from the philippines
those look so, so good!
Gala, I read this last night, and when I woke up today, I realized I’d just dreamed about making and eating these!!!! It was SO GOOD. Now I have to try making them in real life! squee
Hey Gala. I read your blog through RSS and this post didn’t come up right. You aren’t going to start doing that partial RSS feed thing are you? Pleaaasee say the answer is no!
It looks delicious! But I hate coconuts. XD
Let me tell you, I LOVE to cook, especially if a group of people are coming over. But truthfully, I’ve been thinking a lot about eating healthy lately. My whole life I had such a hard time sleeping. I never know how many hours I’m going to get in, if any at all(I even have a no caffeine after 4pm rule lol) and I always feel sluggish and tired. 2 weeks ago I’ve also taken the liberty to stop using so much salt on my foods(I’m a maniac) and I’m already seeing the results. I just LOVE it when you make posts about raw foods. The way to put it out helps me understand it more. I was talking about going ‘raw’ to one of my friends though and she said to me that it would be very hard for me to find food to eat like that in America. Hopefully that won’t turn out to be true. :|
Yum! I love Sarma’s recipes! Great job—the tarts look delish!
Also—is that a durian?? Yum! (but stinky..)
yay finally a raw recipe I can make that doesn’t need a dehydrator….definitely making it as soon as I can get my hands on some coconut oil
Briana — Oh, that’s because I updated all my excerpts yesterday! Normally I wait until something has been posted for a while before I do that. Sorry. I hate partial feeds too :>
Saja — Most of the raw foodists live in America. They have raw restaurants there. It’s the land of plenty, you’ll be fine :D Oh, & coffee is bad. If you cut it out completely, your energy levels will be through the roof.
Jenna — Sure is!
Wow. I’m going to try those :)
feeeeed me.
Wow, they look fantastic! Have been reading a couple of the raw diets of friends lately (sushi, jo, you etc) and am so up for trying some of the recipies
Anyway I was wondering if you had got your hand on a Tokyo style book yet…I bought one today and am already reading through it….I am all about sharing books so would be happy to send it to you after I am done if you would like it!
Let me know!!!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend…it is a long weekend for us in Japan!
I wanna try this out with my friends…
Looks really yummy…wanna steal the remaining four!!
Did you enjoy the durian? :)