If you love this time of year, and love Pumpkin, then this easy tart is just what you need. Fabulous flavours with a simple to make chocolate base gives you the perfect autumn treat. We decorated this one with a spider web design made out of chocolate ganache (dairy free of course), it may not be the…ahem…straightest web in the world but the decoration does the trick (get it??? trick??). Bwa haa haa.
Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Tart
A great autumn dessert - a simple Pumpkin Tart that has a crunchy chocolate base
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 Cups Crushed Digestive Biscuits Dairy Free
- 4 Tbsps Melted Vegan Butter
- 2 Tbsps Caster Sugar
- 3 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
Pumpkin Filling
- 2 1/2 Cups Pureed Tinned Pumpkin
- 3/4 Cup Coconut Cream
- 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Corn Flour Sift it as you put it in or it clumps
- 1/4 Cup Maple Syrup
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Paste
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Cinnamon (I do a heaped teaspoon)
- 1/2 Tsp Grated Nutmeg
- 1/2 Tsp Ginger
- 1/8 Tsp Ground Cloves
- 1/8 Tsp Black Pepper
Ganache
- 100 Grms Dark Chocolate
- 150 ml Dairy Free Double Cream
- 1 Tbsp Caster Sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180℃, 350℉, grease the sides and line the base with baking paper. I always use a pie tin with a removeable bottom.
- In a food processor add the digestive biscuits and whizz until they are crumbs. Then add in the cocoa, sugar and melted butter and mix.
- Press the mixture into the tin and bake for 5-7 minutes until set. Allow to cool.
Filling
- Mix together the Pumpkin, Coconut Cream and Brown Sugar until combined.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until combined. Do make sure to sift the corn flour into the mixture or you will get unpleasant clumps.
- Pour the Pumpkin mixture into the tin and bake for 50-55 minutes until set.
- Cool and decorate with the Ganache in whatever pattern you like.
Ganache
- Mix the sugar with the dairy free milk and warm until it's about to simmer.
- Break up the chocolate and put in a heat proof bowl. When the milk mixture is ready, pour over the chocolate and whisk until smooth. You can then either pipe a design, or spread it over the top.
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