The recipe for making an easy vegan pie crust is ideal to make small tart shells too. To use for our mini onion tarts, our vegetable tarts and even for sweet dessert bites. The trick is to use a muffin pan or cupcake pan upside down.
Here is the recipe to make 6 tart shells.
MINI TART SHELLS
Prep : 15 minutes - Bake for a cold filling: ca. 40-45 minutes - Pre-bake for a hot filling (linke pumpkin pie for example) 15 minutes Bake Ready in: 1 hour - Makes: 12 mini tart shells
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup of flour
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup of coconut oil
2-3 tablespoons ice cold water
EQUIPMENT
Bowl for mixing
Cup cake pan
Fork
Measuring cups
Rolling pin
Cookie cutter or glass
Brush
PREPARATION
Place a cup of water in your freezer to make sure it is ice cold before making your crust (5-10 minutes will do)
Preheat your oven to 180 ° Celsius
METHOD
Mix the flour and salt
Add the oil to the mixture
Use a fork to mix all together; the mix will look like fine crumbs
Stir in 1 spoon of ice cold water, mix
Add the water, spoon by spoon while mixing, until it holds together and the dough is forming
Continue mixing, use your hands to make the dough
Roll the dough into a ball
Spread the baking paper with some flour on your counter
Use a floured pin (or your hands) to flatten out the dough
Use a glass or cookie cutter to get 6 circles
Use a brush with some oil to grease the back of your cup cake ban
Transport the dough and drape each circle over the back of the cupcake pan
Press the dough down around the shape of the upside down cupcake
Poke some holes on the dough with a fork
Pre-bake for 10-15 minutes if you want to use it to make a baked pie or quiche.
If you want to bake the crust for a cold filling (vegetable tart, pudding or fruit), you can bake the crust for 40-45 minutes until golden brown
NOTE:
This recipe is for the crust only.
This recipe is made at the @THEFOODFORESTKITCHEN, the slow food restaurant of @ECOLOGICTHAILAND.
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