Strawberry Rhubarb Paleo Mini Tarts

Strawberry Rhubarb Paleo Mini Tarts with Chia Seeds

Strawberry Rhubarb Paleo Mini Tarts with chia seeds are a paleo fruit tart on a grain free coconut flour pie crust, with a low carb version. Could use frozen strawberries and rhubarb if these are not in season.

My husband brought home a giant flat of organic strawberries, and my dad, who  grows loads of rhubarb, needed a recipe to use up the rhubarb. So, I have been busy making all sorts of recipes that could use up the strawberries. This one came out really tasty, even though the coconut sugar turned the rhubarb light brown. They do look a little like chocolate, but it is just rhubarb. 

If the mini tart making is too tedious, then you could just make a large whole tart. I made both, because I had so many strawberries. What is rhubarb, you ask? It is a vegetable, but it is sweet and sour tasting. It looks like red colored celery.  

If you can’t find rhubarb then just double up on the strawberries, and have strawberry tarts. Do not be afraid of rhubarb, it is really delicious.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Paleo Mini Tarts

Prep Time

35 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

50 mins

 

Paleo sweet and sour goodness!

Course: and low carb, dairy free option, gluten free, grain free, paleo, starch free

Cuisine: grain free dessert

Servings: 9

Calories: 126 kcal

Author: Stacey

Ingredients

• TART FILLING:
• 2 pints of fresh strawberries hulled and cut in half.
• 2 to 3 large stalks of rhubarb chopped.
• 1/3 Cup of coconut flour.
• 3/4 Cup sweetener of choice: organic coconut sugar for paleo or for Low Carb use 3/4 Cup Swerve or other low carb sweetener equivalent.
• 1 1/2 tsp chia seeds
• 1 1/2 Tbsp cold water.
• TART CRUST:
• 1/2 Cup Coconut Flour.
• 1/3 Cup Melted Grass Fed Butter or melted Coconut oil.
• 1 Egg.
• 2 tsp Coconut sugar or 2 tsp honey, or 12 drops stevia liquid for low carb.

Instructions

1. Preheat Oven to 400 F, and oil a muffin pan or a pie pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix the 1/3 cup coconut flour with the 3/4 cup coconut sugar.
3. Add strawberry halves and chopped rhubarb, and toss with the flour/ coconut sugar.
4. Let fruit and flour/ sweetener mix sit in bowl for 30 minutes.
5. In small bowl, mix 1 1/2 tsp chia seeds and 1 1/2 Tbsp water and put in the fridge for 15 minutes.
6. while waiting for fruit to set, start making tart crust.
7. Mix in large bowl: 1/2 cup coconut flour, 1/3 cup melted butter or melted coconut oil, one egg, and 2 tsp coconut sugar.
8. Mix until pie dough forms ( looks like play dough).
9. Press small balls of dough into a muffin pan for mini tarts, or whole dough ball into a pie tin for whole tart.
10. Take chia seed mix out of fridge and add to fruit mixture, and stir into fruit.
11. Add spoonfuls of fruit mixture to fill the crusts in muffin pan or the crust in pie tin.
12. Bake in oven for 13 to 16 minutes for mini tarts, or 20 to 25 minutes for whole pie pan. Make sure to check at shortest time to see if edges of crust are browned.
13. Let cool completely, and refrigerate for 4 hours to overnight to let filling set.
14. Do not cut into before refrigerated, it won't be firm and set.

Recipe Notes

Nutritional data for Low carb version using swerve sweetener: Servings: 9 tarts, Serving size: 1 mini tart out of 9, Calories: 126 Fat: 7 g Carbohydrates: 10 g/ Net Carbs: 7 g, Sugar: 6 g, Fiber: 3 g, Protein: 3 g

Nutritional data for Paleo version using coconut sugar: cal: 192, Fat: 7 g, Sugar: 22 g, Protein: 3 g, Carbs: 26 g, Fiber: 3 g.

*all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used.*

Nutrition Facts

Strawberry Rhubarb Paleo Mini Tarts

Amount Per Serving

Calories 126 Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 7g 11%

Total Carbohydrates 10g 3%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 6g

Protein 3g 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.