The #1 Reason You Need Pistachio Desserts in Your Life

ricotta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories while maintaining a similar texture.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option with a similar richness.

almonds

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds are often less expensive and nut-free.

apricot jam

🥗Healthier: fruit preserves

💰Cheaper: peach jam

Peach jam can be less expensive and still provide sweetness.

Pour self-raising flour into a food processor.

Add normal granulated sugar and butter (at room temperature) to the food processor.

Add a pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

Close the food processor and mix for no more than 10 seconds until blended.

Break in 1 egg and add approximately 25 ml of sunflower oil.

Mix again for no more than 20-30 seconds until combined.

Place the mixture on a piece of clean film and squeeze together to form a ball.

Refrigerate the ball for 20 minutes to rest.

Push 250 g of ricotta through a sieve to make it fluffier.

Add icing sugar to the ricotta and blend together without a food processor.

Grease a baking tin with butter and line the bottom with reusable baking paper, dusting with flour to prevent sticking.

Remove the dough from the fridge, cut it into two parts (one larger for the base), and press the larger part into the baking tin to form the base and edges.

Pierce holes in the base with a fork.

Spread the ricotta mixture evenly across the base.

Add lemon curd on top of the ricotta and spread it out evenly.

Crumble the remaining dough over the top of the tart, covering the entire surface.

Shell a handful of roasted and unsalted pistachios and process them in a mini food processor until finely chopped.

Sprinkle chopped pistachios over the top of the tart and add a few blobs of lemon curd if desired.

Preheat the oven to 180° and bake the tart for 30-35 minutes.

Allow the tart to cool for 15 minutes after baking before removing it from the tin.

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