Custard Tart – Keto & GF & LCHF

This custard tart is incredibly low in sugar and carbs, and high in good fats, your brain and your waistline will love you for it! 

Tart Base - Ingredients 

 2 ½ cups non-GMO almond flour - we use the Lotus Superfine Almond Flour 

 2 tblspn organic maple syrup - we use the Spiral Organic Maple Syrup 

 ½ tspn organic nutmeg - we use Gourmet Organic Nutmeg 

 40g grass-fed butter, melted - we recommend New Zealand Westgold unsalted butter 

1 egg – see tip about eggs  

 TIP: If you cannot get eggs direct from a farmer, the best store-bought eggs are actually the “cage free” ones, because they are barn laid with plenty of room per capita per chicken. Free Range eggs that the multinational supermarket chains control, come from chickens that have so little space, they are killing each other to try to get to the feed stations, and then eating the dead ones out of desperation for food. This is inside information from a friend who used to work at one of these farms. 

Custard Filling – Ingredients 

2 eggs 

3 egg yolks – save your whites to make GF Friands 

2 ½ tspn organic maple syrup - we use the Spiral Organic Maple Syrup 

1 tspn pure vanilla extract – not the essence 

375ml cream – we recommend Maleny Dairies or Barambah Organics  

Method 

Make the Tart Base. There’s no need to worry about blind baking when you’re baking Keto! This is because the base is almond flour and there’s no gluten or yeast in it. Melt the butter in a small pot on the stove – we never use a microwave. Combine all ingredients. Press tart mixture into a greased pan and bake in oven at 180 degrees Celsius (or 160 fan forced) for approximately 12 minutes or until golden. Cool and set aside. 

Make the custard filling. Whisk all ingredients together in a large glass or stainless steel bowl. We never use plastics. Pour mixture into prepared tart base and bake in oven at 180 degrees Celsius (or 160 fan forced) for 25 minutes or until just set. Cool and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving. Optional – dust with cinnamon and serve with extra whipped cream.