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No-bake mango, ginger and lime tart recipe

Benjamina Ebuehi

cake dessert

Servings

spring form (23 cm diameter) Servings

Prep time

15 Minutes

Cooling Time

4 Hours

Calories

--- Kcal

A zingy no-bake tart with a temptingly crunchy base and tropical mango and lime filling

Ingredients

Base

  • 200g ginger nut biscuits
  • 80g unsalted butter, melted

Filling

  • 3 gelatine leaves (you will need platinum grade ones – I used Dr Oetker)
  • 1 large ripe mango (~450g pulp)
  • Juice and zest of 2 limes
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 250ml double cream

Directions

  1. Put the ginger nuts in a food processor and blitz until fine. Tip into a bowl and add the melted butter, mixing until evenly coated. Pour the mixture into a fluted 23cm tart tin, and press evenly into the base and up the sides. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes while you make the filling.
  2. Put the gelatine sheets into a small bowl of cold water and set aside.
  3. Peel and chop the mango. Put it into a food processor along with the lime juice, and blitz smooth. Pass through a fine sieve.
  4. Add the mango puree (tinned or fresh), sugar (and lime juice if using tinned, as you won’t have used it yet) to a small saucepan and heat until the sugar dissolves. Let it simmer for three to five minutes, then remove from the heat and leave to cool a little. Squeeze the gelatine leaves to remove any excess water and add them to the mango, stirring to dissolve.
  5. In a separate bowl, whip the cream to soft peaks. Add a quarter of the cream into the mango, and mix to combine. Gently fold in the rest of the cream and then pour this into the tart case.
  6. Chill in the fridge for four to six hours or until completely set. Top with lime zest before serving.