Warm, melt-in-your-mouth pastry and sweet, tangy apples in puff pastry. An incredibly easy and delicious dessert.
This French Apple Tart uses butter-free puff pastry (which can be found in any supermarket) to make it vegan.
It also contains no added fats and only a small amount of coconut sugar, a nutritional and tastier alternative to brown or regular sugar. Best of all, it's only 150 calories per slice!
This apple tart would be amazing served with some coconut milk ice cream! Or you could just have it on it's own and shove it into your mouth like a slice of pizza (like I did.)
Forget the pretty plates and forks you see in the photo above... They were not used in the eating of this tart.
If you have a fair amount of leftover dough after cutting the circle base out, you might be able to make another mini tart to bake along side it.
I was able to make an individual one which gave me the opportunity to try some of the tart whilst I was photographing it (and therefore stopping me from picking at the one in the photos! For a while at least...)

📖 Recipe

Easy Vegan French Apple Tart
A quick easy vegan dessert that's only 150 cals per slice! Perfect served warm with some vegan ice cream...
Ingredients
- 1 x 375 g / 13.5 oz ready-made puff pastry*
- 2 Granny Smith (baking) apples, peeled and cored
- Aquafaba or dairy-free milk, for brushing
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- Apricot jam for glazing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190C / 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Make sure the puff pastry is at room temperature.
- Roll the pastry out to about ½ inch thick. Use a plate or pot lid to cut a circle (approx 10 inches)
- Use a sharp knife to score an inner border around the circle of pastry, about ½ inch away from the edge. Score a criss cross pattern in the centre of the pastry to prevent it rising too much in the middle.
- Thinly slice the apples and arrange them onto the pastry sheet, fanning out from the outside in, overlapping each other.
- Brush the border of the pastry with a little almond milk and sprinkle the coconut sugar on top of the apples.
- Bake in the oven for approximately 30 minutes, until the tart is golden and the apples are soft.
- Leave to cool on the baking sheet for a moment whilst you heat the apricot jam in a saucepan with a small drop of water.
- Using a pastry brush, glaze the top of the tart with the apricot jam.
- Serve and enjoy! Can be enjoyed warm or at room-temperature.
Notes
*Make sure you get the dairy-free kind, not the "butter-enriched" one. Leave at room temperature for about 20 minutes before starting.
Nutrition Information
Yield 8Amount Per Serving Calories 150Carbohydrates 18gProtein 2g
Fela says
I made around 5 apple pies prior to going vegan and they all somewhat failed. This one turned out amazing, funny how everyone is always saying vegan cooking is hard. :)
Aimee says
Yay, great to hear it turned out well Fela! Vegan food is the best :-)
Vicky says
What a simple but absolutely awesome recipe Aimee! WIsh I could eat the pastry and I don't fancy read bought GF pastry!
Aimee says
Thanks Vicky! It's a shame there isn't a decent gluten-free equivalent.... But there is always gluten-free apple pie, at least :-)
Jessica Edmunds says
YUMMY what a fab idea to use up my leftover apples on my shelf- they aren't appealing to me at the moment haha! Your recipes are always wonderful xx
Aimee says
Thank you my dear :-)
Sharon @ Bit of the Good Stuff says
Well those were words that I never imagined seeing in one title... 'easy vegan' & 'French tart'!!! I've never attempted a tart before but I think even I could manage this one. It looks so impressive too! I'll definitely have to make this next time my parents-in-law visit. You're ingenious Aimee ♥ xx
Aimee says
Thank you so much, Sharon :-) It's definitely easy and always a guaranteed winner! x
Rochelle @ Oh So Sweet Baker says
This tart is GORGEOUS!!
Aimee says
Thank you Rochelle! I've made it quite a few times this month, since it's so easy :-)