Happy VVP Saturday, beautiful soul!
If you’ve been around these digs for a while now, you’ll remember how much fun we had at the Virtual Vegan Potluck parties last year with Raw Red Velvet Cake Ice-Cream and Taco Salad Bowls.
Well it’s BACK, baby, bigger and better than ever!
This time more than 160 bloggers worldwide have joined forces to bring you an incredible smΓΆrgΓ₯sbord of vegan dishes to delight and inspire you! Click on the buttons below to follow the drool-worthy trail around the world.
A huge thank you to An Unrefined Vegan, Vedged Out and Vegan Bloggers Unite for hosting this amazing, global party.
And without further ado, I bring to the table: Fast, Simple, Beetroot & ‘Goat Cheese’ Tarts!
Virtual Vegan Potluck Beetroot & 'Goat Cheese' Tarts
Ingredients
- 3 sheets frozen Puff Pastry check ingredients to ensure it's vegan
- 1 large tin 850g/30oz Baby Beetroots
Vegan 'Goat Cheese'
- 1/2 cup raw Cashews
- 1/4 cup raw Macadamias
- 1/4 cup raw Pine Nuts or more Macadamias but the flavour is better with a mix
- 1/4 cup filtered Water
- 2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp Nutritional Yeast
- Pinch Sea Salt & Cracked Black Pepper
- 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil or more filtered water, but oil gives a silkier texture
To Serve
- A handful of sprigs of fresh Thyme
Instructions
- An hour or two before you are ready to make these tarts, pop the 'Goat Cheese' nuts into a large bowl of water and allow to soak.
- When you are ready to make the tarts, preheat oven to 200C/400F (or slightly less if fan-forced).
- Remove 3 sheets of Puff Pastry from the packet and allow to thaw slightly for 10 minutes.
- Drain nuts and combine all 'Goat Cheese' ingredients in a high-speed blender. Blend on high until smooth and creamy and then transfer mixture to a small bowl or jar.
- Grease a muffin tin or arrange small patty pans on a baking tray (either one is fine but a tiny muffin tray works best).
- Use an upturned glass to cut circles out of the pastry and push them into the muffin holes on the tray (or patty pans).
- Drain Beets and pop a small one into the centre of each pastry cup. If there are some large beets, just cut them in half and divide them among two cups - round side facing up.
- Pop the tarts into the oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove tarts from oven and arrange on a serving plate. Drizzle with 'Goat Cheese', garnish with Thyme, and enjoy!
And now it’s off to enjoy the rest of the party! Click βGo Forwardβ to continue the tour. Have fun! xx
Wow! These do look easy to make and beautiful to bring. Love that vegan goat cheese recipe. I have a feeling I’ll be using it for more than this appetizer. π
I’ve been using it on everything lately, Ashlee, and it tastes even better 2 or 3 days on. π
I am LOVING the “goat cheese”! Actually, I’m loving all of it, I want to pop all those tarts in my pie hole! Ha! So fun to be next to you in the lineup! xoxo
hehe, it took all my will power not to scoff the lot before I could take photos!
SO fun to be next to you at the party! xoxo
Hey Bex! What appetizing beetroot & vegan goat’s cheese appetizers! They rock my taste buds too! π They look stunning!!!!! π
MMMMMMMMMM!!! I also entered this year, in the dessert section! I loved it too! π xxx
Oh FAB, Sophie, I’m so glad you joined the party this time! I’ll head over now and check out your dessert and hope to see you at all future potlucks! π xxx
These tarts are really pretty, and who can say no to puffed pastry! π
Pastry is always a party favourite! π
Such a pretty appetizer dish! I love puff pastry, you can do so much with it from tarts to pies.
Happy Virtual Vegan Potluck 3.0 Day x
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Thanks Rika! π x
P.S. The nerd in me LOVES that you called it VVP 3.0. Brilliant!
oh my,, how adorable are these tarts!!
Fun, grown-up party favours. π
Mmm Bex love love these cute little tarts! Great idea to pop a whole little beetroot inside each one! Yay loving the VVP so far…I’m seriously hungry now!
hehe, I wasn’t sure if it would work but it’s a winner and a super time saver. π
Those are so cute! That ‘goat cheese’ is ingenious!
Thanks Reia! Get into the ‘goat cheese’ spread – delish! π
This looks soooo goood – I will have make these next time I have people over for dinner π
Definitely, Trine! They were very popular at brunch the next day and would be very welcome at any dinner party, I’m sure. π
How adorable are those little beets! π
Beautiful looking tarts. The ‘cheese’ looks delish!
It is, Susmitha! Give it a whirl. π
thanks for sharing this – the colours are so beautiful!
My pleasure, Jess!
So cute! I’ve recently discovered nut cheese and love it! And I’m always looking for new ways to use beetroot!
How amazing is nut cheese, Poppy?! SO GOOD. π
Gorgeous! Nuts are the magicians of the plant world. Plus, what great contrasting colors!
Thanks Cadry and they are indeed magicians! π
Those are so pretty! I don’t think I have every seen frozen puff pastry but I am going to look for it. Great idea. Happy Potluck!
YAY! You should find it near the frozen desserts, Trish. π
Yum these look sooo good! Happy Virtual Vegan Potluck day!!
Thanks Katie, and to you! π
Oh wow, these are so beautiful! A work of art and you can eat it too! Thank you for the great recipe.
My pleasure! π
Can’t wait to try these! They look so delish!
And super simple, Mary! π
GORGEOUS!! (Like you π )!
Thank you so much, Bex!
Nawww, thank you Annie! π And thank you so much for doing such an incredible job organising! x
These are so cute! The pictures are very pretty.
Thank you, Inge! π
Wow can you come over with these, pretty please? SO creative and I love beets- I would be ALL over these in real life!
hehe, sure thing, Kammie! π
These look so beautiful!
Thanks Kat!
Wow, these are delicious! I’m going to have to try your goat cheese recipe–dairy and soy free. YUM!
Definitely try it, Jennifer. It’s a cinch to make and you can leave out the oil if you want a thicker (non-drizzle) consistency.
I love this idea! Thank you π
My pleasure, Nicole. π
These are absolutely stunning! I adore beets, these tarts looks delicious.
Nawww, thank you, Anna! And how great are beets! π
Yum!!!!! Beautiful presentation!
Thanks Janyce. π
Love these Rebecca! So creative and beautiful! Love the goat cheese!
Nawww, thank you, Brandi! π
These look fantastic and reasonably easy to make. I love that you gave us the goat cheeze recipe as well :). Cheers for this great potluck special π
My pleasure! π
These look lovely! So pretty with the jewel-red beets. I wouldn’t have thought to put whole beets in. Happy VVP!
It’s a great time saver, Sarina! Happy VVP! π
These look so simple, cute, and delicious! (And I didn’t know that puff pastry could be vegan!?)
hehe, it sure can, Allison – just read the ingredients on the packet to be sure. π
An entire beet tucked inside there, MY kinda girl!!! These look DELISH! I would eat these as my main meal!
hehe, I ate enough of them to BE a main meal, just quietly. π
These are just beautiful my dear! Happy Potluck π
Thanks Gabby! π
My favourite of the VVP so far. Great visual appeal, me drooling already.
Thank you! π
Those are the cutest freakin’ things ever! The goat cheese sounds crazy yummy, I totally need to try it post haste.
hehe, you do, Maggie!! GO GO GO!!
This is one of the most gorgeous dishes I have ever seen!!
Nawww, thank you so much, Lisa!
I want this right now!
Also, I want that absolutely adorable dish.
Great work!
hehe, the dish too cute not to be in the picture! π
What a pretty appetizer! I love the combination of sweet beets and “goat cheese”.
Thanks Pavithra!
These are adorable and so easy – I think I’m going to have to make them! Also, I nearly bought those exact Jamie Oliver dishes at Target the other day π
bahaha, oh SNAP! How cute are they?
These look amazing! This is on my list of things to make.
Thanks Heather! I hope you love them as much as we did!
I don’t know you do it, but the colours in your photos always look so bright and appealing!
Those little tarts are so cute – I bet they’re just the sort of things where I’d think ‘I’ll just have one’ then find out they’ve all mysteriously disappeared!
Nawww, thanks so much, Joey! π
And yes, they are very dangerous like that!
Absolutely beautiful. Struck my eye immediately! I can’t wait to make these! Thank you Vegan Sparkles xoxoxo
My pleasure, Sara! I hope you love them as much as we did! π xoxo
These gorgeous little tarts are totally speaking my language! Beets and “goat cheese”? Yes, please! π
They’re a match made in heaven, Kristy! π x
Wow, what a great and easy idea for beetroot tarts! Definitely going to have to give that a try π Nice to run into you at the potluck again.
Hi Keely! Lovely to have you here, bella! π
These tarts look gorgeous! I will definitely give your recipe a try. I am loving this potluck, so much talent! If we could open a restaurant together, we would rock the world! Thanks for sharing.
x Vix
vixbakes.com :: vegan baking + raw desserts
haha, would we ever, Vix! π x
You are single-handledly leading me through my new life as a vegan! I love these tarts — had a couple with a side salad for dinner tonight, and then followed up with a piece of your 10 minute fudge for dessert. All the delicious, happy feelings π Thank-you xx
Nawww, what a beautiful compliment, Rhiannon, thank you! And it’s so lovely to have you here, bella! π xx