Healthy Strawberry Jam Tarts

Instructions

Making the bases:

• Simmer pitted dates, cashews and water for 5 minutes.
• Stir in cinnamon and vanilla. Cool.
• Pulse oats and salt in a food pressor. Add the cooled date mixture.
• Blend until it forms a pastrylike.
• Prepare 4 large moulds or muffin tins by spraying cooking spray and line bottom with baking paper.
• Divide the pasty in moulds and with your fingers shape to form cases.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Cool and remove moulds.
• Fill with jam and top with more fruit, nuts etc

Making the jam:

• In a sauce pan, cook the fruit, water, lemon juice and salt over a moderate heat for 15 to 20 minutes until fruit is soft, stirring often.
• Mash fruit with a fork or a potato masher.
• Add the maple and chia seeds.
• Continue to cook for two more minutes until thickens. If needed add more chia seeds until you have the desired consistency. The jam continues to thicken as it cools. Cool.
• This jam can be prepared and refrigerate in a sealed container and used within a week.