No Added Sugar Strawberry Tart
No Added Sugar Strawberry Tart, a simple and delicious dessert recipe made with fresh strawberries on a homemade crust. Keto Option.
Servings: 16
Ingredients
Crust
- 4 oz Cream Cheese - soft
- ½ cup Butter - soft
- 1 tbsp Sugar Alternative - see post for options and details
- 1¾ cup Flour
Custard
- 2 cups Half and Half Cream - divided
- 4 Egg Yolks
- ½ cup Sugar Alternative - see post for options and details
- ¼ cup Cornstarch
- 3 tbsp Butter
- ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 qt Strawberries - sliced
Instructions
Crust
- Use a medium bowl to combine together the sugar alternative, salt and flour.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Next, add the ingredients from the first bowl to the mixing bowl and and beat on low until the flour starts to become incorporated. Then increase the speed to medium until a dough starts to come together.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes for the ingredients to set.
- When you are ready to make the crust, preheat your oven to 400 and prep your tart pan for nonstick as needed.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and then, on a lightly floured surface, roll the dough until it is approximately ⅛" thick. Transfer the rolled out dough to the prepared tart pan and trim off the excess dough as needed from the sides.
- Place a piece of parchment paper over the crust and then top the crust with your pie weights. Bake the crust for 15 minutes and then carefully remove the pie weights and parchment and bake for an additional five to seven minutes or until the crust is golden and the dough no longer looks wet. Set the crust aside to cool while you make the filling.
Custard
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together a cup and a half of the half and half cream and the egg yolks.
- Next, in a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar alternative, cornstarch and the remaining half-and-half . Warm the ingredients over medium heat, whisking continuously for five minutes for the mixture to become warm.
- Carefully add the egg mixture to the saucepan and continue whisking over medium heat until the mixture begins bubbling and starts to thicken. Continue to cook the mixture for an additional minute and then remove it from the heat.
- Next, whisk the butter and the vanilla extract into the saucepan with the other ingredients. Then cover the saucepan and set it aside to cool for about 30 minutes.
Assemble the tart
- Once the custard has cooled, you can transfer it to your baked tart shell, evenly spreading it out over the shell using the backside of a spoon or rubber spatula. Then place the tart in your refrigerator to set (at least an hour).
- While your tart is setting you can slice your strawberries. Slice the strawberries to about ⅛" thick so that they can easily layer. The round edges should not be used when layering the slices so try to trim those off.
- To layer the strawberries, start on the outside of the tart and work your way around the tart, placing the strawberries so that their widest part sit against one another. If you are unsure about how this should look, simply refer to my images. This tart is best when served chilled as soon as possible.
Recipe Notes
*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
posted:
February 27, 2024*About Sugar Alternatives
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Nutrition
Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 87mg | Sodium: 106mg | Potassium: 162mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 517IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1mg
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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