Ornella, Lorenzo’s sister (Pappafico Cervia) surprised us once again with this beautiful figs tart, so we asked her all the secrets how to prepare it.

This recipe is perfect for that gluttons, even for vegans, since the pastry is made without butter and no eggs.

We start from figs:
Wash the figs and remove the maximum possible amount of skin, to avoid that releases the flavor of grass.
Cut the figs into pieces, put them in a pan, cover with sugar, (1/5 of the weight of the fruit), add half a vanilla bean and a few drops of lemon.
Cook for about 30 minutes.
For the pastry vegan: mix flour, a little bit of sugar, baking powder with oil Corn, sweet white wine or fruit juice.
Let stand, then roll out with a rolling pin.
Obtain the round base for covering the pan and the strips to be used later.
Cover the base of the tart with a uniform layer of fig jam and form a grid on the surface with strips of pastry. Enter some almonds on the jam.
Bake the tart in a preheated oven at 170 ° C for about 20 minutes. Let cool and unmold.

May be you are interested in this article: Butter and substitutes
Ornella Thanks for this super vegan tart !!!