Raw Strawberry Kiwi Tart
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Raw
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Serves: 12
 
Raw seasonal tart, made with cashew cream as the creamy base, topped with strawberries and kiwi.
Ingredients
Crust:
  • 2 cups pecans
  • 1½ tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp raw sugar (or omit the oil and use maple sugar, date paste, or honey to bind the crust)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp kosher salt
"Cream" Cheese Layer:
  • 2 cups cashews, soaked overnight and drained
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 tbsp agave nectar
  • 1 tsp lemon zest (use an organic lemon if possible)
  • 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice (zest first!)
  • 1 tbsp fresh orange juice
  • pinch salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
Fruit:
  • Choice of strawberries, kiwi, mango, raspberries, blueberries-you name it! (I used 3½ kiwis and a bunch of strawberries)-pick seasonal fruits
Instructions
  1. For crust: Place all ingredients for crust into food processor. Pulse until it comes together. Press into a tart pan with removable bottom or a springform pan
  2. For filling: Place all ingredients except water into a blender, like a Vitamix. With blender on low, blend, gradually add water until a thick, cream cheese-like spread forms and cashews have become creamy
  3. Spread filling onto raw crust. If less cashew cream is desired (it's rich), use less and save the filling to make these stuffed balsamic dates.
  4. Slice fruit into thin pieces and create a concentric ring around the pan.
  5. Refrigerate several hours before serving (if desiring a frozen dessert, cover and freeze for a few hours-this will dull the colors of the fruit). Remove from tart pan and serve.
Notes
Calculated with full amount of cashew cream used. If less is used, alter caloric info. 6% iron, 5% Vitamin C, 81 mg of potassium
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1/12 Calories: 212 Fat: 18.8 g Saturated fat: 1.8 g Carbohydrates: 8.5 g Sugar: 4.3 g Fiber: 2.2 g Protein: 3.3 g Cholesterol: 0 mg
Recipe by Garden Fresh Foodie at https://gardenfreshfoodie.com/healthy-desserts/raw-strawberry-kiwi-tart/