How to Make Eggless Tarts (Eggless Tart Shells)
Tarts are crusty and thick but small and cute and make a fabulous base for desserts. We bring you an Indian style eggless tart made using butter, flour and salt. Almonds can be added for a special touch. These Eggless Tarts can be baked with a sweet or savoury filling.
A large percentage of our readers is Indian and therefore, we decided to go ahead and develop a recipe that did not contain eggs. This led to a few fails (read hilarious) but in the end, we were able to develop this full-proof Eggless Tart Shells recipe.
Rub the butter lightly with your fingertips while making these eggless tarts to master the art of making perfect tarts. We recommend adding only ice-cold water during the preparation to prevent the butter from melting and making a sticky mess.
How to Make Eggless Tarts
- Sieve the salt and flour together to start making eggless tarts.
- Gently rub the butter with your fingertips into the flour and mix.
- Slowly add the water and knead until a stiff dough is obtained. Refrigerate the dough for 15-20 minutes.
- Dust the pastry board and rolling pin with some flour. Knead the dough again before dividing it into 10 portions.
- Roll out each portion into 4” diameter circle. Place them in 3” diameter circle tart moulds. Press the circle gently so that the edges are formed around the case.
- Prick all over using a fork.
- Arrange the eggless tart shells on a baking tray and bake for 12-15 minutes in a preheated oven at 400°F.
- Remove the eggless tarts once they turn golden brown and allow them to cool on a wire rack. Use them as desired.
Eggless Tarts (Eggless Tart Shells)
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter
- Salt to taste
- 1 ¾ cups plain flour
Instructions
- Sieve the salt and flour together to start making eggless tarts.
- Gently rub the butter with your fingertips into the flour and mix.
- Slowly add the water and knead until a stiff dough is obtained. Refrigerate the dough for 15-20 minutes.
- Dust the pastry board and rolling pin with some flour. Knead the dough again before dividing it into 10 portions.
- Roll out each portion into 4” diameter circle. Place them in 3” diameter circle tart moulds. Press the circle gently so that the edges are formed around the case.
- Prick all over using a fork.
- Arrange the eggless tart shells on a baking tray and bake for 12-15 minutes in a preheated oven at 400°F.
- Remove the eggless tarts once they turn golden brown and allow them to cool on a wire rack. Use them as desired.
Notes
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Beautifully presented! I could never find a tart recipe that did not contain eggs so thanks a lot for sharing it!
In my experience eggless desserts never taste as good as desserts which includes eggs but this recipe changed my myth. It has a perfect taste and texture. Loved it!
Love love love this recipe! I’ve always loved tarts but there are barely any options without eggs in them. So far, I’ve already made blueberry and strawberry tarts. Can’t wait to try new recipes! Thanks:)
Delicious!!!
Crispy, a little soft. Just a perfect eggless tart recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I love how the tarts came out in the end. Thanks for sharing this recipe! 🙂
Looks delicious! 😍
Looks SOOO divine!
Fabulous recipe, Shristi!
Amazing recipe!
Thankyou for sharing this delicious recipe . I made tarts and they came out really very nice 💯
delicious and awesome recipe. Never tried Eggless tarts before totally happy with it.
Yum! Delicious!!! If you think that eggless recipes don’t taste well, this recipe will change your mind. You can make magic with minimal ingredients.
A super tasty and easy to make dessert just made my day
I have tried this recipe…… It came out amazing and yummm! Excellent recipe!!!
Delicious and awesome recipe. Thanks a lot for sharing recipe !!
Love the recepie! Surely I’ll try it as soon as possible, Thanks for sharing the recipe..!!
Loved the recipe!!
this recipe really helped me to make such a yummy tarts 😋 also the method was easy to make.
Best recipe of tarts I ever had.
This recipe is so amazing! The tarts taste soo good. Just loved it!
Wow, it looks so perfect!
This looks so easy to prepare and so beautiful too!
I’ve tried this recipe for the 3rd time, I love it!
Excellent Recipe..I have tried this recipe. It came out amazing..Perfect!!
I have tried the recipe the taste was really awesome. Now it’s my favourite dish!!
I tried and it came out so tasty and crispy! Loved the fact that it’s eggless! 😋
Easy to prepare and delicious!
This looks so easy to prepare and delicious too.
Tastes amazing!
So crispy and yummy!
Eggless desserts taste soo heavenly. Very excited to try this one out!
Tasty receipe!😊
Thank you for sharing such a lovely recipe!!
Delicious!!
Excellent recipe!
Wow! These tarts look so yummy! I would love to try this!
It looks so delicious! The texture looks so nice your recipe was great. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Mind-blowing recipe!
This tart looks so yummy…I would love to try this!
Yum! Delicious!! A super tasty and easy to make.
Mind-blowing recipe! ☺️
So appetizing! Love the fact that they can be used to make all types of tarts. My favourite are blueberry tarts.;)
It’s a delightful recipe!
Easy explanation 👌 thank you. Definitely gonna try this recipe.
Superb!
Love this easy recipe!
Awesome recipe, can’t wait to try it!
Can’t wait to try it!
Amazing Recipe. Lovely dessert!!!
It tastes so yummy!
Beautiful photo!
Amazing recipe.
So tempting!
Delicious!!! Want to try this.
Beautifully presented!
Tastes divine
Excellent recipe!
I couldn’t find eggless tarts and am so glad you shared the recipe! Thanks for saving all the
vegetarians like me
I couldn’t find eggless tarts and am so glad you shared the recipe! Thanks for saving all the
vegetarians like me!
So simple and nice!
Wow! Very well presented.
Amazing recipe!😋
Awesome recipe, loved the end result. 😍
Mouth watering recipe🤤
Delightful recipe!
SO PRETTY!!!
Sweet yet crispy! Great recipe for a sweet tooth like me.
Awesome Recipe.
Love these tasty tarts!
Very nice recipe…looks yummy and crispy.
Very delicious and explained properly. Thank you for sharing this recipe….
So scrumptious!
It’s a yummy recipe. I will share it with all my friends!
Turned out delicious! 🙂 Thanks for sharing this recipe with minimum ingredients.
What a delicious recipe! Loved the way it is explained. So easy to execute it as well! Thank you for sharing this.
It’s so delicious!!!!!
Sweetish little devil indeed!
Tried this recipe, my tarts turned out very well and delicious. Thank you for sharing !!
Awesome.
Amazing tart recipe….especially for those who can’t eat egg.
Thanks for giving this eggless recipe!
Lovely recipe!
Looks Delicious! Gonna try this out!
Quite a phenomenal recipe!
Wow … its amazing to have this kind of recipes!
What a wonderful presentation, looks good. 🙂
Mouth-Watering Dish! the Tart looks very good.
Tried it and really love it!
This is very interesting without eggs… I tried and the way it looks and tastes is so amazing!
Unique dessert, tart shells
Mouth watering receipe
Looks tasty, will try that for sure
Tastes great!! The recipe is amazing.
Egg less recipes are always best. I am going to make this recipe. Thank you.
Tasty recipe.
Mouth-Watering Recipe
Yummy !!!
Amazing
Woah! Really in love with this recipe!
Loved this recipe. Thank you!!
Awesome Recipe 🙂
Looks good🤗
Love it!
Easy peasy and delicious!
Good recipe for vegetarians
Amazing in look and taste , a healthy dish with light taste.
Was searching for a good eggless tart recipe for so long. Finally found it !
Looks soo scrumptious
Looks yummy! Will definitely give it a try.
Super tasty
Very spicy in taste , and good for health
Loved the taste and the look.Looking forward to order more cakes from you in future!
Thanks so much.
Wow it’s so delicious 😋
yummy…looks delicious…will for sure try this….
Wow! It’s amazing.
It helped me a lot!
I tried this at home and its cooked really amazing
Tasty food