Apple Pear Energy Tartlets
As mentioned in my blog post, feel free to substitute like crazy in this quick recipe. Another great energy bar to use instead of the Vibrancy bars are Larabars (Apple Pie flavor), though you may have to use one additional bar for the recipe as they are smaller. The Vibrancy bars are my favorite from a nutritional standpoint, plus the gentle crunch from the sprouted buckwheat they contain is absolutely ideal for the base of a tart.
And of course, simply doubling the recipe and making one large tart works all day long.
INGREDIENTS:
1 medium sweet crunchy apples (aka Fuji or Gala)
1 medium soft pear (aka Barlett or bosc)
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, or cinnamon
1 Tbsp yacon syrup (optional)
3 Vega Whole Food Vibrancy Bars, Original Flavor
DIRECTIONS:
Make the filling: chop the apples and the pear into a fine mince. Toss with pumpkin pie spice and yacon syrup until well combined. Set aside.
Assemble: Using a standard-sized muffin tin or tartlet molds, tuck a layer of saran wrap into a cup to use as a mold. Break off half of an energy bar. Press the bar firmly into the cup, coaxing the bar “dough” evenly along the bottom and up the sides about 1/2 inch with your fingers to form a tartlet base. Use the saran-wrap to remove the packed base from the muffin tin, then peel away plastic. Use the plastic again to form the remainder of the tartles. Liberally spoon in the apple-pear filling evenly inside of the each of the tartlet crusts and serve.
Makes 6 three inch tartlets
Healthy benefits: protein, antioxidants, high fiber, dairy-free, gluten-free
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Ah, wow!! These are so creative! I love how healthy and wholesome they are!
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This is great! There’s no pastry base involved making it even more nutritious! Thank you for sharing
I’m forwarding your link to one of my friends who suffered lactose intolerance as well as her 2 kids!
I made a facsimile of this today, and it is Yum-O, as Rachel Ray would say. I would say you are in the same league as Rachel Ray, just not (yet), as famous. Love ya.
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