Vegan Chocolate Tart Recipes

Steps:

• To make the pastry, whizz the flour, cocoa and icing sugar in a food processor with a pinch of salt until uniform in colour. Pour in the melted coconut oil and pulse until the mixture looks like rubble. Add 2-3 tbsp ice-cold water and pulse again until the pastry just comes together. Knead briefly on a work surface, then wrap and chill for 30 mins.
• Roll out the pastry in between two sheets of baking parchment and use to line an 18-20cm tart tin. Chill for 10 mins in the tin while you heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• Put a scrunched-up sheet of parchment over the pastry and fill with baking beans. Bake for 15 mins, remove the parchment and beans, and bake for another 10 mins until crisp and cooked through. Leave to cool in the tin, then trim the edges with a serrated knife.
• Measure out 100ml Elmlea Double Plant Cream Alternative and chill for later. Heat the remainder in a saucepan over a low heat until just steaming. Put the finely chopped chocolate into a bowl and pour over the hot liquid. Leave for 2 mins, then stir well to melt all the chocolate and make a smooth, shiny ganache. Add a pinch of salt.
• Pour the ganache evenly into the tart tin, then chill for 2 hrs until set. Whisk the reserved plant cream until thickened and softly whipped. Serve the tart in slices topped with the raspberries, a dusting of icing sugar and a dollop of whipped plant cream to serve.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Crush the biscuits to crumbs in a bowl using the end of a rolling pin or by pulsing in a food processor. Mix in the cocoa powder, flour, syrup and enough vegan margarine or butter to create a dough. Butter a 23cm loose bottom tart tin and press the mixture into the tin.
• Bake in the oven for 10-12 mins, then leave to cool in the tin.
• Meanwhile, make the filling. Open the cans of coconut milk which will have separated with the water at the top and the thick coconut at the bottom. Discard the water (or use it to make a smoothie) and tip the thick coconut into a bowl.
• Break the dark chocolate into pieces and melt in the microwave on high in 10-second bursts, stirring in between, or in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water until smooth. Add the coconut along with the golden syrup and whisk together, beating hard until there are no lumps of coconut left.
• Pour the filling over the base of the tart and put in the fridge to set for 3-4 hrs, or overnight.
• Spray the tart with edible silver or gold glitter spray, if you like, and serve with raspberries. Will keep in the fridge for three days - it actually tastes even better one or two days after baking.