About:

A no bake or cook yet delicious creamy and nutty dessert. I added dates to this batch and they turned out perfectly — not too sweet, but sweet enough and not too tart either; Feel free to include sweet as desired. I love the creaminess and the green colour. So festive

The best part of these little tarts are made with all natural ingredients and packed with healthy fats from the walnuts, almonds, avocado…! They’re raw, vegan, gluten-free and creamy rich without being over the top sweet.

Health Benefits:

Avocados helps to regulate the Blood pressure. Good source of fiber and they are even good for your skin.

Serves-3-4
Preparation time-15 minutes

Ingredients:

For base:

• Roasted unsalted Walnut- a handful
• Roasted unsalted Almonds- a handful
• Dates-5-6 (deseeded and chopped/pitted)
• Sunflower spread/butter-2tbsp

For avocado cream:

• Avocado-2
• Sunflower spread/butter-1tbsp
• Chopped Dates (pitted) – 4 to 5
• Lime juice-1-2tbsp
• Vanilla essence-2tsp

Topping:

• Chopped nuts and seeds

Procedure:

• Line 3-4 muffin pans/ramekins with plastic wrap and set aside.

For crust:

• Combine almonds, walnuts to a food processor and grind on high until finely chopped.
• Add in the dates, sunflower butter/spread and process until mixed in.
• Divide the mixture between 3-4 greased pans/ramekins pressing down firmly with spoon till flat, set aside.

For Avocado cream:

• Split the avocado in half, discard pit, scoop out flesh and add to the food processor bowl with dates, vanilla extract, lime juice and process high until smooth, scraping sides as needed. Mix in sunflower spread/butter and process again on high until mixed.
• Divide avocado cream between the cake pans/ramekins smoothing top.
• Gently cover each pan with a small sheet of plastic wrap and refrigerate until set about 6 hours or freeze for an hour to speed it up.
• To plate, pull out of the pans by the plastic wrap, flip over carefully and place the avocado cream facing top.

Garnish with chopped nuts and seeds

Serve chilled.

Note:

• Adding dates to Avacado cream resulted in reduced greenish colour. Alternatively Sugar can be added to retain the green colour of Avocado.
• I used small ramekins, however these were absolutely adorable in mini ramekins and you could make one large tart instead.
• Just make sure the Ramekins/Tarts are pretty frozen when you go to get them out of the tin or else you’ll mess them up.
• Avocado oxidizes very fast so adding lemon juice immediately prevents it.

I am bringing this recipe to Kimmy’s healthy vegan potluck #24; Angie’s Fiesta friday #45; Annie’s VVLP #24