You can look at this as portion controlled dessert or an excuse to eat more than one – but do that standing because we all know that calories consumed while standing and eating over the sink (on shabbos!) don’t count. I made these for a kiddush and we all loved them. So much so that my friend Atara made this into a big pie – but for some reason she said it wasn’t as good. So best to keep these babies bite-sized.
Easy non dairy mini tarts with sweet cream and blueberries, perfect Summer treat.
Mini Blueberry Lemon Tarts
Servings
14 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 8-ounce package pareve cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoon confectioner’s sugar
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice divided
- 2 teaspoon lemon zest divided
- ½ cup blueberries
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 14 small store bought tart shells
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine pareve cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon lemon zest. Beat with a hand mixer until smooth and combined. Can be made up to 2 days in advance and refrigerated in an air tight container. Remove from refrigerator to soften before assembling tarts.
- In a small bowl, combine blueberries, sugar, remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon lemon zest and stir.
- To assemble, fill each shell with a tablespoon of pareve cream cheese mixture and smooth the top. Garnish with 4 to 6 blueberries each and serve.
It would be really a great thing if you Jaime or Tamar could talk to one or two stores in Jerusalem to stock all of the ingredients that you recommend. I’ve talked to Bircat Tomer Market in the Mattersdorf shopping center [Jerusalem] and he started carrying a lot of the ingredients that you recommend. Mini tart shells, I’m trying to make myself but very time consuming. Many thanks There is a bakery factory in Israel that does produce mini tart shells for export sales but no listing for local sales. Laughable but sad
8 ounces – I’ll fix/note it in the recipe. Thanks and enJOY!
How many ounces is the package pareve cream cheese? Thanks for any help. Carol
The ones that are the easiest to find are Athenos in the freezer, but I am sure there are others
Thanks.
Where can I find, or what brand makes, mini tart shells?
I am not sure where you are clicking and having this problem, but the oven baked falafel can be found http://www.joyofkosher.com/recipes/oven-roasted-falafel/
Hey Frippie – LOL (OY but LOL to how you worded it!) ok so 1) re mixer: yes you prob can do this with a whisk or fork but you may just may have to work a little harder to get that creamy consistency and 2) re zest: you can just omit it or just swap it for additional lemon juice to up the citrus flavor.
thanks Frippie!!!!!
would this work without a hand mixer? also, is there an alternative to lemon zest? I try not to use citrus skins because they are usually treated with chemicals that are not good for you, and especially bad for men/boys to eat if you want to protect the – ahem – generations.
yes for sure! and yes all else the same – great idea, enjoy!
Do you think it would work with a strawberry topping – same amount of zest, sugar, and lemon juice? Thanks!
When I click on the oven baked falafel, the blueberry tarts keep coming up. Any way to have my (falefel) and eat it too!
You can use Mimic Creme for pareve cream sauce if you are not allergic to almonds or cashews because that is what it is made for. I also use it for pareve icecream and pareve smoothies. It also has a pareve whipped topping.
looks/sounds awesome– do you think these would freeze well?
yes they should freeze perfectly
can you use it for a pareve cream sauce?
yes you can use parve cream cheese for a parve cream sauce (coconut milk also works) check out this recipe for parve Alfredo sauce using tofutti: http://www.joyofkosher.com/recipes/tofutti-fettuccine-alfredo/
Thanks for the information! I will definitely keep my eyes peeled for this pr0duct.
The pareve cream cheese is actually called “Better Than Cream Cheese” from Tofutti. Can be found in the fridge section next to the regular cream cheese. The Container looks like this: http://www.tofutti.com/btcc.shtml
FYI, here’s an updated link:
http://www.tofutti.com/dairy-free-cheeses/cream-cheese/better-than-cream-cheese/
Pareve cream cheese!? What is that? In what section of the grocery store can it be found?