Dulce de leche Eggless Pumpkin Walnut Quinoa Tart
An eggless, walnut loaded delicious Dulce De Leche Pumpkin Walnut Quinoa Tart. It's vegetarian, it's gluten free and it’s a great make ahead dessert especially during fall, Thanksgiving and the festive season.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 minute min
Total Time 4 hours hrs 16 minutes mins
Tart base
- 60 g quinoa flour
- 100 g whole walnuts
- 30 g brown sugar
- 40 g clarified butter {ghee}
Filling
- 300 g dulce de leche {from 1 tin condensed milk}
- 250 g fresh pumpkin puree
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice {or cinnamon powder}
- 100 g toasted walnuts, chopped
- 25 g cornflour
Tart base
Preheat oven to 180C.
Place the walnuts, quinoa flour and brown sugar in jar of processor. Grind to fine meal.
Add the clarified butter/ghee and process to mix.
Press into loose bottomed 8” tart shell. Bake for 15 minutes.
Filling
Reduce oven temperature to 150C.
Place dulce de leche, cornflour and pumpkin puree in jar of processor. Blend to mix.
Add the walnuts and process briefly, just to chop up the walnuts a little so they retain some texture. Bake for 1 hour, then allow to cool in oven.
Chill overnight.
Slice and serve with unsweetened cream or vanilla ice cream.
Keyword dessert, eggless, gluten free, glutenfree, homemade, pumpkin, sweet