How to Make: Japanese Strawberry Almond Tart (Sugar-Free)

 

Hello, long time no posts... I've finally have had time to make something again, and this time, I made a Strawberry Almond Tart, a recipe that I stole from Ochikeron, on Youtube.   It is ridiculously easy to make and it looks like a patisserie made it at the end.  I used coconut oil, but use butter instead if you prefer.  You can use whatever fruits you have, strawberries, blueberries, kiwis, mangoes...

 

Ingredients for a 12 cm Tart Tin:

Crust:

• 60 g Coconut oil or Butter at room temperature
• 30 g Splenda/Sugar substitute or just using powdered sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 100 g cake flour (or 80 g all-purpose flour + 20 g potato/corn starch)
• pinch of salt

Filling:

• 30 g Coconut Oil or Butter at room temperature
• 30 g powdered sugar or sugar substitute
• 40 g almond powder/ground almonds
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tbsp potato/corn starch
• 1 tsp vanilla

Topping:

• 454 g (1 lb) Strawberries

1st Glaze:

• 20 mL hot water
• 10 g honey

2nd Glaze:

• 2 tbsp Apricot Jelly, Jam or Preserves (You can use any light coloured fruit, like apple, orange etc) 

Method:

  

Crust:

• Mix the butter/oil and sugar together until fluffly.
• Add in egg yolk and mix until combined.
• Sift in the cake flour, salt and mix until it forms a dough, it will start out dry, but it will come together.
• Form into a dough and wrap it with plastic wrap, let it sit in the fridge for 1 hour until it gets a little firmer. 
• Take it out and roll it between two plastic wrap to have the dough be about 1/4 inch (0.5 cm) thick.  Put it in the tart tin and use a fork to prick holes in the bottom.

Mixture:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (350 F)
• Mix butter/oil with sugar.
• Add in egg and mix well.
• Add in the almond powder or ground almonds, potato/corn starch and vanilla.
• Spread the mixture into the crust and bake for 25 min.
• Take it out and let it cool completely.

Finishing Touches:

• Mix the honey and water together.  Brush 3/4 of this mixture on top of the tart.
• Heat the apricot jam for 10 sec in the microwave, and brush 1/2 of the jam on top of the tart.
• Put one whole strawberry in the middle of the tart with the greens remove, and cut the rest of the strawberries in half.  Arrange it so that it forms a flower-like pattern.
• Mix the remaining honey water and apricot jam mixture and brush it on top of the strawberries.
• It is ready to serve! 

Here is Ochikeron's Recipe: