Mixed Berry Galette

Much easier than baking a pie but it tastes the same! If you haven’t tried making a galette for dessert before this is your sign to try. Includes the recipe for my vegan sweet pastry.

Ingredients

Pastry
2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup coconut oil (hardened in fridge) or firm vegan butter, cut into small chunks
2-4 tbsp cold water

Filling
3 cups frozen or fresh mixed berries
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp lemon juice

Vegan egg wash
1/4 cup plant milk
1 tbsp maple syrup

Brown or raw sugar for topping

Method

For the pastry, place all ingredients except water into a food processor and blend until fine. Keep blending and add one tbsp of water at a time until mixture starts to clump together. You may not need all the water. Put mixture into a bowl and knead until dough forms. Wrap dough in clingfilm and refrigerate for at least half an hour.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celcius.

Mix berries, sugar, cornflour and lemon together in a bowl. Roll out the pastry to make a large circle. About 3-4mm thick. Transfer to a lined baking tray.

Pour the berry mix in the middle of the circle and leave about 5cm pastry clear around the edge. Fold the clear pastry edges over the berries (it's okay if the edges break a bit).

Mix together the milk and maple syrup then brush over the pastry thoroughly. Sprinkle sugar over the pastry then bake in the oven for 30 mins until golden brown. Transfer to a cooling rack for 5 mins then slice and serve with some plant based ice cream!

Banoffee Pie

This is a favourite dessert among even my non-vegan family members. They are always going in for seconds.

Ingredients

Crust
1 cup almond flour
1/2 cup oats
1 cup soaked pitted dates
1/4 cup melted coconut oil
2 tbsp any nut butter
Pinch sea salt

Filling
1 can Nature’s Charm vegan condensed milk
1 cup pitted dates
1 tsp maple syrup
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp any nut butter
Pinch sea salt

Extras
3 bananas
Nature’s Charm coconut whipping cream
Chocolate shavings (optional)

Method

Blend crust ingredients together in a food processor. Press into a tart dish covering the entire thing evenly. Place in the fridge to set.

Blend filling ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth. Pour over the crust evenly.

Chop up some bananas and cover the filling with them. Top with some coconut whipping cream, some more bananas and some shaved chocolate. Place back in fridge for a couple of hours.