Lemon Berry Tart

This is such a refreshing spring or summer tart! Full of flavor with a zing of lemon and added locally grown fresh berries... When I was a little girl, for my birthday, I would usually be asked what kind of cake I wanted. Chocolate? or Vanilla? Strawberry or lemon was my choice! This tart brings both together magnificently. MMMMMMmmmmmmm! My clients like it so much, that I figured I better share so everyone can benefit. Happy Spring! 



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Crust:
1 cup Walnuts
1 cup Almonds
6-8 Dates (Madjool are best) 
Pinch Salt
Dash Vanilla

Filling:
1/2 cup Lemon Juice
1Tbs. Zest
6 Drops Stevia
1/4-1/2 cup butter or ghee
5 Large Pasture raised eggs
Pinch Salt
1/4-1/2 cup Wild Honey

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Ok... Let's start with the quality of your dates. Some can get mighty dry over time. Almost turning into sugar. IF you have a dry date or use the other type of date other than Madjool, then you will need to pre-soak or hot soak your dates so they do what they are intended to do in this crust. 

If they are plump, just use as many as you need to to make the crust sticky.

Soak dates over night if you have the time, or cut in half, take out seeds and let soak 5-10 min in hot water.

Then drain and chop them into small pieces.

In a food processor, finely chop your nuts into a crunchy consistency. Then add vanilla dates and salt.

This is the stickiness you need. It should be able to hold together when you pat it into a pie pan.

Pat it into a pie pan.

You can line it with parchment paper if you like to make it easy to remove the slices of pie later.


* If you have crust left over, you can do this with it!

Prepare all your ingredients.

Pour all into a pan and put on low heat. 

Gently whisk or stir continuously until it thickens. This will take about 5-10 min. Be patient. It will happen. Just don't let it clump.

​Whisk, whisk, wisk....

Pour the lemon mixture into your crust and let it cool a bit before placing in the fridge to set.

​You can place berries in a beautiful formation all over the top now, or just put them on later as a garnish.

Oh yeah!
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Happy Birthday to my little girl-self!