Feeling like a crunchy and indulgent pie and wanna make it egg-free? No problem.
We have rounded up 30 of the best vegan pie and tart recipes including holiday desserts, tart filling, and pie crusts.
Many of these recipes are easy to make, family–friendly, and with just a few simple ingredients.
Browse through this list, and take your pick from these vegan tarts and pies – we’re sure you’ll find your next dessert favorite on this list!
Vegan TARTS with fruit
Crunchy pie crusts with a creamy filling and a refreshing topping of fruits. These vegan fruit tarts are perfect as spring and summer desserts, and will please vegans and non-vegans too.
Vegan Fruit tart
This beautiful and delicious vegan fruit tart is a classic Italian pastry recipe that everyone loves. We make a light, crunchy, and easy pie crust that we then fill with our dairy-free homemade custard.
Vegan lemon tart
This vegan lemon tart is a popular recipe that everyone will love. It's sweet, refreshing, and made with really simple ingredients that you already have in your pantry. You can make it with a soft crust or crunchy crust.
Vegan lemon bars
Technically not a tart, but they deserve a spot on this list. These vegan lemon bars are easy to make, delicious, and full of lemon flavor thanks to an indulgent vegan lemon curd.
Apple Tart
Flaky pie crust and tender caramelized apples come together in this easy apple tart. We will take you through the steps of making a crispy pie crust, and styling the slices of apple so it will cook to perfection.
Easy Fruit pizza
Fruit pizza is an easy, fun, crunchy, and refreshing recipe made with a quick, homemade sugar cookie pie crust base. We top it with dairy-free cream cheese and a mix of fresh seasonal fruits
Kiwi Tart
Here's a flaky sweet crust filled with creamy lime-infused custard and a top layer of sliced green kiwi. The combination of crusty and creamy makes this gorgeous and delicious kiwi tart a dessert champion for spring and summer.
Blueberry Tart
You can prepare this blueberry tart in 10 minutes and bake it in 30. It's an easy yet indulgently delicious dessert for special occasions, weekends, or a sweet Sunday treat.
Apricot tart with frangipane
Strawberry tart
This tart is made with a crunchy pie crust, filled with smooth and creamy vanilla custard, and topped with sweet fresh strawberries. This recipe is so easy and delicious that you'll want to make it every day.
Mini apple tarts
A vegan dessert recipe that you can serve to a crowd. These vegan apple tarts are crunchy, filled with fresh apples and raisins, and made with a delicious vegan shortcrust pastry that is super easy to make.
Italian Crostata
An authentic Italian crostata (tart), just like the one made by an Italian Nonna. It's made with an easy and egg-free pie crust, with apricot jam and a pattern of pie crust on top.
EGG-FREE PIE RECIPES
Whether you're planning desserts for the holidays, thanksgiving, or a get-together, these vegan pie recipes will help you with fresh ideas. Crunchy, creamy, salty, and fruity, you'll find your next pie favorite here.
Torta della nonna - Grandma's Custard Pie
This grandma's custard pie - is a very popular Italian pie made with a soft shortcrust pastry shell and a sweet custard filling and topped with crunchy pine nuts. Our recipe follows the original Italian recipe and is every bite as delicious as the original one.
Vegan Ricotta Pie
Italian ricotta pie is an easy recipe made with a few simple ingredients. We make a sweet egg-free shortcrust pastry as the base for the pie. We then fill it with a creamy, sweet, aromatic ricotta cream, mixed with dark chocolate chips and orange zest.
Vegan Zucchini Pie
A salty recipe, but this zucchini pie still deserves a spot on this list! Perfect for picnics, grill parties and brunch!
Vegan Tart filling
You have your vegan pie crust under control, but how about the filling? No matter the season outside, you can find fruity, chocolatey, creamy, or cheesy vegan cake fillings here. Customize your next dessert to fit it exactly to your and your family's needs.
Vegan strawberry jam
Jams are perfect fillings for tarts, pop tarts and pies. This strawberry jam is simple and you'll just need 3 ingredients and no more than 20 min of cooking time! It goes great as a topping on your morning porridge too.
Hazelnut Spread Recipe
Our hazelnut spread is an easy and delicious 5-ingredient recipe for a Nutella-like spread that is smooth, creamy, chocolatey, and just impossible to resist. Perfect in cakes, tarts and brioches.
Vegan custard (pastry cream)
Only 5 simple ingredients are needed for this light and creamy vegan custard. You can use this custard in tarts, cakes, pastries, and other desserts. You can also flavor it with vanilla, lemon, chocolate, and much more. Here, we'll show you how.
Vegan Ricotta Cheese
This is the best nut-free, gluten-free, dairy-free ricotta. It has a creamy, soft texture and a neutral flavor that is perfect for making both sweet and savory dishes like ricotta pies, stuffed pasta, and much more.
Vegan Lemon Curd
You can use vegan lemon curd for vegan lemon bars, for a crunchy vegan lemon tart, for a lemon crostata, OR you can just eat it with a spoon our of the saucepan.
Vegan Chocolate Custard
This vegan chocolate custard is a luxurious yet simple recipe that is sweet, creamy, easy to make, and bursting with pure chocolate flavor. We use simple ingredients and dark chocolate of your choice.
Coffee Custard
This espresso coffee custard is an Italian-inspired and simple recipe. It's creamy, easy to make, and bursting with coffee flavor. We use simple ingredients to make it and you can either use real espresso or instant coffee powder.
Pistachio Custard
Pistachio custard is sweet, nutty, and creamy and if you like pistachios, this is going to be a great addition to your desserts! This custard is inspired by Italian pastry cream and is made with simple ingredients and with unsalted pistachio nuts. It's indulgent and delicious.
Coffee Mousse
This simple, 4-ingredients dessert almost tastes like a tiramisù, without the biscuit, but is a lot easier to make. It's creamy, light, and sweet, but with an irresistible coffee aroma. Perfect as a filling for your favorite cakes.
EQUIPMENT
Tart pan or pie dish with an 11-inch, 27 – 28 cm diameter. You can use smaller ones, but you’ll have some dough and filling to spare.
A tart pan with removable bottom is easiest if you want to transfer the kiwi tart onto a serving plate.
If you use a pie dish (instead of a tart pan with removable bottom), oil it, then place two long and wide strips of parchment paper in a cross position into the pie dish under the dough, coming out slightly from the edges.
After baking, let the tart cool down for 15 minutes, then lift it out of the tray by pulling up the parchment strips. Of course, you can always serve the tart from the pie dish if taking it out sounds too risky.
TIPS FOR VEGAN PIE AND TART RECIPES
- Make ahead: You can make most of the elements of the tarts and pies in advance. For instance, you could make the pastry ready in the pie dish and freeze it before cooking it. You can make the fillings and store them in the fridge for a couple of days. Then on the day, you want to serve the tart, style and add the topping. Please refer to the instructions for each individual dessert.
- How to store: Most of these desserts keep for 1 day in the refrigerator or on your kitchen counter under a cake dome.
- How to freeze: Most pies and tarts don’t freeze well. They tend to absorb moisture and get soggy. You can however prepare the shortcrust pastry base in advance, place it into the pie dish and then freeze it before cooking it.
STORAGE
Room temperature: store these pies and tarts for up to 4 hours on the kitchen counter.
Refrigerator: if you keep them for more than 4 hours, store it in the fridge. You can cover it with plastic wrap. It stays fresh for two days. After that, the pie is still edible, but the crust won’t be as flaky and crisp but a little soggy from the moisture.
TIP
The most important tip when making a flaky pie crust is to work the dough as little as possible. Compact it with your hands to bring the dough ball together, but don’t knead it.
Kneading will develop the gluten network in the dough, making it tough and compact.
It is definitely possible (and quite easy) to make colorful and healthy vegan pies and tarts at home. Festive occasions, holidays, and social gatherings are good occasions to serve these desserts and please vegans and non-vegans alike. If you’re looking for additional ideas or you feel like vegan baking, cakes, and vegan sweets, check out these recipes too:
- 43 plant-based desserts
- Best vegan apple cake
- Vegan panna cotta
- Easy vegan coffee cake
- Vegan lemon cake
- Easy vegan pound cake
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Best Vegan Pie and Tart Recipes
Equipment
- Pie dish with removable base, 11 inch, 27 – 28 cm. optional, see each recipe for required equipment
Ingredients
- Pick your favorite pie or tart from the list
- Read the recipe for ingredients required
- Make the recipe by following the instructions
Instructions
- Make ahead: You can make most of the elements of the tarts and pies in advance. For instance, you could make the pastry ready in the pie dish and freeze it before cooking it. You can make the fillings and store them in the fridge for a couple of days. Then on the day, you want to serve the tart, style and add the topping. Please refer to the instructions for each individual dessert.
- How to store: Most of these desserts keep for 1 day in the refrigerator or on your kitchen counter under a cake dome.
- How to freeze: Most pies and tarts don't freeze well. They tend to absorb moisture and get soggy. You can however prepare the shortcrust pastry base in advance, place it into the pie dish and then freeze it before cooking it.
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