Vegan Strawberry Tart with Olive Oil Crust

INGREDIENTS

* 1 ½ cups organic white pastry flour

* ½ cup soft stone ground whole wheat flour

* ½ cup hazelnut meal

* ¼ cup olive oil

* ¼ cup hazelnut oil

* 1/8 teaspoon salt

* ½ cup cold water (perhaps a couple of tablespoons more if needed)

* 1 ¼ cup of sugar (separated)

* 4 cups of strawberries, hulled and sliced thinly,

* 2 teaspoons of cornstarch

* 1 cup strawberry jam

* zest of 1 lemon

* 1 tablespoon soymilk

* 1 tablespoon neutral flavored oil (like grapeseed)

• INSTRUCTIONS
• In a large bowl, mix pastry flour, wheat flour, hazelnut meal, salt, and 2/3 cup of the sugar until fully combined
• Mix in oils with a fork or pastry cutter until clumpy and mealy
• Add in water of half of the water at a time, slowly drizzling over the flour and fat mixture.
• Mix with your hand, gently, incorporating the water into the dough, add the rest of the water as needed working gently- working the dough as little as possible until the dough takes form and sticks together as a slightly tacky ball.
• Split into two parts and leave to sit in bowl at room temperature for at least one hour.
• Mix strawberries with corn starch, lemon zest, and 1/3 cup of sugar until cornstarch is no longer visible and allow to rest at room temperature for at least 30 minutes, then drain excess liquid through strainer.
• After at least one hour has  split each dough ball into two (for miniature tarts) or leave whole for larger tarts. Roll out on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper- this makes it easy to transfer to your baking sheet. You can roll it out very thinly or leave it a bit thicker and enjoy its hazelnut cookie like flavor.
•  Once you have your dough rolled out, spoon the jam out equally, leaving a border around the edges of the tart. For a full sized tart, leave a 1 ½ -2 inch border for tartelettes, leave a ½ – ¾ inch border. I like to trim the rough edges with a paring knife, but it is not necessary.
• Place a pile of strawberries in the center of the tart and then fuss with them until they look pretty—or you can be organized and line them up in a beautiful and orderly fashion. Alas I guess I’m not that kind of girl, because every time I do that, I end up feeling like it’s just not me and messing it up on purpose in the end!
• Finally, fold the edges up and crimp into place. Repeat with each piece of dough.
• Preheat oven to 350º (for at least 20 minutes) and place the tarts in the freezer to set up while your oven is preheating.
• Beat the soy milk and grapeseed oil and brush edges of tart dough. This is your vegan “egg wash”
• Sprinkle your tarts, including the edges with remaining sugar and bake for 30 minutes, brushing the edges again with your “egg wash” in the last five minutes of baking.
• Make sure the crust is done and nice and golden, otherwise continue baking.
• Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.
• Enjoy with a crisp cool glass of Italian Rose.

(via thetomatotart)