No-Bake Cherry Tart

Posted in Pies and mini Tarts by a little Swiss, a little Canadian

Happy Sunday!
During the hottest summer days, there is nothing better then a cold no-bake dessert!! We really love our sweets here!!! Still had a lot of cherries left; we recently bought a lot at the farmers market…made a no-bake crust using ingredients I already had in my pantry like oats, nuts and dates, whipped up my yummy coconut custard and decorated the tart with cherries. Pretty simple but so yummy!

No-Bake Cherry Tart

For the crust:

2 cups oats
10 Medjool dates
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 cup mixed nuts (cashew, walnuts, pecans)
2 tbsp honey
2tbsp nut butter of your choice
pinch of sea salt

Coconut Custard:

500 ml canned coconut milk
4 tbsp corn starch
1/3 cup honey
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

about 600 g cherries, pitted

-In a medium saucepan whisk together all ingredients except vanilla extract. Let come to a boil, while whisking, then reduce heat and let cook until thickened. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla extract and let cool a few minutes then fill into a bowl and let cool completely in the fridge.

-Line the bottom of a 28 cm tart form with parchment paper, grease the sides.

-In a food processor or blender, add the oats, nuts and dates (medjool dates are usually very soft, if using other dates, soak in a bit of water to soften), process until everything is into small pieces, add the oil, honey, nut butter and sea salt. Process until well combined. It will be a sticky dough.

-Press dough evenly into prepared tart form. Fill tart with the coconut custard and decorate with the cherries.

-Refrigerate several hours or overnight before removing from baking form.

-The crust is pretty soft, place the tart in the freezer for an hour or longer, to make it easier to cut and serve into individual pieces.

Enjoy!

Ursula

11Jul2021

Cherry Cake / Chriesichueche

Posted in cake by a little Swiss, a little Canadian

I’m having lots of fun trying out new recipes that include all the delicious local summer fruits! After eating tons of strawberries we finally are able to get local cherries – they are so yummy! Like most recipes I also used white spelt flour and honey to sweeten it. No butter needed, the whipped egg whites give the cake a lovely light texture!

Cherry Cake / Chriesichueche

5 eggs, yolks and whites separated
140 g + 2tbsp honey
1 organic lemon, zest only
pinch of salt
150 g white spelt flour
500 g cherries, pitted

-Line the bottom of a 26 cm Springform pan with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350 F.

-In a large bowl whisk together egg yolks and honey then add the lemon zest.

-In a separate bowl, (I used my standard mixer), whipp the egg whites until stiff peaks form, add the 2 tbsp of honey, whisk until combined.

-Working in layers, sift some of the flour into the bowl with the egg yolk mixture, add some egg whites and carefully fold together then add more flour and egg whites, repeat until all flour and egg whites are used. Mix only until combined to keep the batter nice and airy.

-Fill into prepared baking form, cover evenly with the cherries and bake for about 40 minutes or until golden brown and tester inserted into centre of cake comes out clean.

-Let cake cool before removing from baking form.

-Dust with some icing sugar if desired.

-Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Let me know if you give it a try!

Ursula

xox

24Jun2017

Black Cherry Cinnamon Buns

Posted in cake by a little Swiss, a little Canadian

Happy weekend everyone!

Have I ever mentioned that I love cinnamon buns?! Well, there is just something about it, I can’t help it. In Switzerland we make cinnamon buns with a hazelnut filling, which is amazingly good;) Checking online you can find cinnamon buns with all kinds of fillings and crazy toppings! It is certainly a treat to be indulged once in a while only-wright?

My husband and I have some trouble digesting wheat products. I personally had to cut back on eating bread (sniff) and pasta. We seem to have less problems mixing white or whole wheat flour with a greater amount of spelt flour, especially for breads and quiches.

Summer is such a great time for many reasons but also for all the berries that are growing. We have strawberries, raspberries, red currants, black currants, gooseberries, cherries, plums and apples in our garden. For now everything is growing great, except the black currants, plums and cherries, (well, there is one cherry growing! LOL) because of frost.

These cherry cinnamon buns were so good. It definitely makes it easier and quicker using frozen pitted cherries. Soft dough and sweet fruity cherry filling-yum!

You can find the sweet yeast dough recipe here: Almond Croissants I just changed the flour ingredients to 100g spelt flour and 200g unbleached all-purpose flour.

Black Cherry Cinnamon Buns

Yields: about 8

Sweet yeast dough:

Almond Croissants

Black Cherry Filling:

300 g frozen black cherries
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp cornstarch

-In a small saucepan mix all ingredients together and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened.

-Remove from heat. Let cool completely.

-Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Grease a baking dish or line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

-On a floured surface roll out dough into a rectangle. Spread cherry filling evenly, leaving a 2 cm space from the outside. Roll up gently, this might get a bit messy, and cut into even rolls. Carefully place onto prepared dish or sheet. Cover and let rise again.

-Bake for about 30 minutes or golden brown.

-I glazed the still warm buns with a mix of honey and milk. You could use icing sugar mixed with milk. Use a traditional cinnamon bun icing if desired.