Gluten-Free Tart Crusts

Almond-Coconut Tart Crust and Almond Tart Crust

You can find my first foray into tart crusts here with the Lingonberry Curd Tart, also a gluten-free crust. There are a lot of almond-flour crust recipes on the web and the two in this post I have recently tried. They are both configured as sweet crusts for sweet fillings.

Almond-Coconut Tart Crust

This one can be found at A Foodcentric Life. I liked the crispiness of the crust. I used it as a crust for a golden raspberry curd tart that turned out disastrously, but the disaster had nothing to do with the crust. The crust was great.

• Ingredients:
• 1-1/2 cups almond flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
• 6 Tbsp. melted butter

Add all ingredients to a food processor and process until it’s fully incorporated. I found that mine did not stick together yet. That’s okay, just make sure it’s evenly mixed. I had to scrape the bottom of my food processor and give it a few more whirls to make sure all the butter made it into the dough.

Spray a 9″ tart pan with a removable bottom and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

The processed ingredients should stick together in your hands. If it does not stick together when you squeeze it, then you might try adding more butter. I thought mine was too dry, but I carried on without changing anything and it turned out great. Scoop out a pinch at a time and press onto the sides of the tart pan. Add dough a pinch at a time all the way around and then sprinkle the remaining dough into the bottom of the pan and press in evenly. As I said, it’s quite dry, but does stick together. Try to make the dough as even and smooth as possible.

I set mine on a baking sheet to bake, but next time I think I’ll just set the tart pan in the oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 13-16 minutes. It should be a golden brown color. Remove from oven. Let sit on a cooling rack until cool and then remove from tart pan. Fill with your favorite no-bake filling.

Almond Tart Crust

This one can be found at wholesomeyum.com. It held up well to the pumpkin cream filling that I used. The texture is a bit more cake-like than cookie-like. I think that’s because of the egg.

• Ingredients
• 2-1/2 cups almond flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• Dash salt
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9″ tart pan with removable bottom.

Add all ingredients into a food processor and process until it sticks together smoothly. Remove dough a pinch at a time and, starting along the edge of the tart pan, stick the dough to the pan. Once the edge is complete, use the rest of the dough to cover the bottom of the pan. Make sure you go all the way to the top of the pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Remove from tart pan. Fill with pre-cooked filling, like cream, pudding, or curd.