Beautiful Breakfast Tart (Gluten Free)

Press the granola into a greased tart pan using the side of a cup measure to help spread the sticky mixture evenly. Bake it until it’s golden and crunchy.

Fill the crust with the yogurt. You can sweeten it with honey and vanilla or leave it tart. I left mine plain. Then, begin on the outside edge of your tart and layer your fruit in any pattern that appeals to you, working your way toward the center. You can slice it, or leave it whole, the choice is yours.

Fruits I used for the top of this tart

• strawberries, thinly sliced
• small blackberries
• kiwi fruit, peeled, halved, and sliced into half moons
• kumquats, halved
• blueberries
• sliced banana (sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent browning)
• raspberries (the smaller the better)

There’s no right or wrong way, you can create a geometric masterpiece, or just arrange your fruit in pretty piles. And you can always refer to photos of other tarts for inspiration. I’ve set up a Pinterest board to give you some ideas here.

First and foremost, choose ripe seasonal fruit…that will insure that your tart will taste fantastic.

After that, decide whether you want a variety of color and shape like I’ve done, whether you want to go with a more monochromatic scheme, like all strawberries or all kiwi. Or choose a simple two fruit arrangement with a high contrast like, say, mango and blackberry. The fun part is, it all works.

You can see from the closeup that I start with sliced strawberries and place blackberries in between them to fill in the gaps. Then a layer of overlapping half moons of kiwi fruit, followed by a ring of halved kumquats and blueberries  Then I thinly sliced a banana and fanned out the slices for the next ring. In the center I just piled raspberries with a few blueberries for contrast.

I’m really excited about this fresh healthy take on the classic fruit tart. Now you can enjoy one in all its glory, without having to wait for dessert.

I hope you enjoy this, it’s such a fun way to do fruit and yogurt. I can’t even imagine how luscious this will be once the ripe peaches and plums start arriving this summer. But even in mid-winter you could arrange a gorgeous spiral of banana or citrus slices, dust it with nutty wheat germ and douse it with honey.

For a non dairy version of this tart, made with coconut yogurt, see my Vegan Fruit and Yogurt Breakfast Tart. It will give you an idea about an alternative way to decorate with different fruits.

Reader Rave ~

“My mother-in-law made this for Easter and we LOVED it! She subbed some gluten-free store-bought granola she had and made a slightly smaller version in an 8-inch pie plate. Which was unfortunate because we devoured the whole thing and I’m pretty sure we all wished we had more! So very tasty!” ~ Kathryn

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Beautiful Breakfast Tart

This Beautiful Breakfast Tart has a gluten free granola crust filled with thick Greek yogurt, and topped with a colorful sunburst of fresh juicy fruit.  Yes it looks too beautiful to eat, but dig in anyway ~ it may be beautiful, but it's still breakfast!

Course Breakfast, brunch

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Yield 6 servings

Author Sue Moran

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 cup mixed chopped nuts and seeds I used almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds
• 5 Tbsp butter melted
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• about 3 cups Greek yogurt coconut yogurt, or almond yogurt (If your yogurt is loose, strain it first)
• assorted sliced or whole fruit for topping

Instructions

• Set oven to 325F
• Mix the oats, nuts and seeds, melted butter, honey and vanilla together in a bowl until everything is thoroughly coated.
• Press the mixture into a greased 10" tart pan with a removable bottom (or a pie plate). Use a measuring cup to help press the granola evenly across the pan and up the sides.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, until lightly golden. Let cool. You can make the crust ahead if you want to and fill it the next morning just before serving.
• Fill the tart with Greek yogurt, and smooth out evenly.
• Arrange the fruit on top.
• Serve immediately.

Cook's notes

• You can make the crust the day before, but once you put the yogurt on top, it's best to eat it sooner rather than later.  The yogurt will eventually make the granola a little soggy if left to sit too long.
• Use sweetened or flavored yogurt if you don't like it plain, but the thick Greek style works best if you intend to slice your tart.
• I used a 10" tart pan, keep in mind that if you use something smaller in diameter you will have less space to create a pleasing arrangement of fruit.
• Here's a secret---you can make this even easier...use ready-made granola and layer it at the bottom of a pie plate or casserole.  No need to bake it.  Spread out a thick layer of yogurt evenly over the top, and then arrange your fruit.  Just spoon it into bowls and drizzle with honey...

 

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