These sweet little vegan rustic tarts are full of sweet blueberries, lemon and mint wrapped in light, flaky puff pastry. They’re so easy to make for a quick and delicious dessert!

These blueberry rustic tarts were borne out of a sudden need for something sweet (anyone else get those?), exceptionally easy and used up some blueberries that were soon going to be past their best. These summer fruit galettes are always popular but I’d also got a sheet of puff pastry.  And I’d spied these bursting blueberry lemon thyme tarts a few weeks ago and knew they’d be as delicious as they looked.  ‘Veganised’ of course 😉

With so much readily available shop bought puff pastry being (accidentally) vegan these rustic tarts really couldn’t be easier.  Too easy.  And so tasty it’s hard not to make a batch, eat them then make another.   Crisp puff pastry glittering with sugar and warm, sweet blueberries with hints of zingy lemon and aromatic mint.  Top with vanilla ice cream and THIS is the stuff vegan dessert dreams are made of.

How to make these easy blueberry tarts:

Mix the blueberries.  Plenty of lemon zest and juice, a few mint leaves, agave and a drop of cornflour to help the liquid coat the blueberries.  I’ve only used fresh blueberries so far but I imagine frozen ones would work too.  I’d recommend using fresh mint over dried if possible too.  I use a lot of dried herbs in cooking normally but I don’t think you can beat the delicate flavour of fresh mint for these rustic tarts.

Unfurl your puff pastry.  Ready-rolled pastry makes this dessert even quicker and easier.  If using a block of pastry you’ll need to roll it out to a large rectangle, roughly 15 x 10 inches ( 38 x 26 cm).

Cut your pastry into 6 rectangles.  You can measure or you can do this by eye.

Put your pastry rectangles onto your baking tray.  It’s much easier to shape the tarts on the tray you’re cooking them on rather than having to move them once you’ve topped them with the blueberries <- the voice of experience.

Brush and sprinkle.  I’ve used a little milk mixed with agave syrup to give that ‘egg-wash’ look on cooked pastry.  I’ve then used demerara sugar as the large granules keep their shape better once baked, giving that lovely crisp, sweet and sparkling crust.

Bake to golden, crispy perfection.  And try not to hop too much round the kitchen waiting for them to cook because oh my the smell.

I had to battle my inner (hungry) demons to get these photographed before devouring.  All the Nooch walks in the world aren’t going to make up for eating 3 of these in one day.  With ice-cream.  But heck, life’s for living right?

Love easy desserts as much as we do?  Here’s some of our tried and tested favourites (all vegan too!):

Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake

Vegan Banana Bread

Honeycomb Chocolate Mousse

Cookies and Cream Blondies

I’d love to hear from you if you make these Blueberry and Lemon Rustic Tarts.  Just leave a comment as it’s so helpful and I love to hear how the recipe worked out for you!  Thank you so much 🙂

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