Blueberry & Almond Tarts – gluten-free & Low FODMAP

Towards the end of the week, my baking from the previous weekend starts to run low and I begin thinking about what I will make on Saturday for the following week. This is, needless to say, a pleasant experience. I conjure up all sorts of things, usually with multi-layers of fabulousness. And sometimes, someone helps me along, as happened with this weekend’s choice. A reader of this blog and a fellow sufferer of fructose malabsorption tested this recipe and then sent it to me. It is entirely suitable for us but contains ground almonds and I am not great with nuts though they don’t contain fructose. However, I decided to make the recipe anyway and I am glad I did because the tarts taste pretty good. The pastry is interesting and holds together well while the filling is tasty and satisfying. All round this is a good recipe and worth making whether you have any food intolerances or not.

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Blueberry & Almond Tarts

 

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Prep time

30 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

50 mins

 

Serves: 18 tarts

Ingredients

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For the pastry

• 100gms brown rice flour
• 100gms maize cornflour
• ½ tsp salt
• 100gms chilled butter
• 50gms caster sugar
• 1 egg

For the filling

• 185gms whole almonds
• 85gms butter
• 100gms caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 250gms blueberries

Method

For the pastry

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
2. Put the flours and salt in a food processor and process to blend well.
3. Dice the butter and add to the processor.
4. Process until a breadcrumb-like texture forms.
5. Add the egg and process until a dough forms.
6. Remove from the processor and shape it into a ball.
7. Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
8. Press into the buttered forms of a muffin tin.

For the filling

1. Grind the almonds in a food processor until fine.
2. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat until the mixture is smooth.
4. Add the vanilla and almonds and mix.
5. Fold in the blueberries and spoon the mixture into the pastry shells.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes, covering with tin foil if the pastry edges start to burn.
7. Cool for 20 minutes in the tins and them remove carefully to a wire wrack to cool completely.

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