Keto Walnut Pecan Tart. WOWIE. It has long been a dream of mine to make this keto walnut pecan tart and for many reasons it has not happened until now. I lived at an altitude in excess of 10,000 in Colorado that simple would not permit it. No matter what you did the filling would actually boil out of the shell you know, kind of like; a volcano. I have a cook book that I have had for a gazillion years which has a recipe for the Walnut Pecan Tart which I have made, but not for maybe 28-30 years and for sure not successfully. My memory is that it was to die for and let’s face it we all have fears and mine was failing to make a recipe LCHF and keto for diabetics that would even work. Then, I kinda forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago when I made a Basic Pie Crust just to have on hand and take fresh pictures of. I stuck it in the freezer and then began stewing on how to maybe make that danged keto walnut pecan tart. I did try to make a low carb pecan pie a couple of years ago using another low carb-keto blogger’s recipe that said to use glycerin and it was a disaster. The glycerin jacked my blood sugar through the roof and I can assure you, this one does not and if you are diabetic I urge you to always check your blood sugar levels. I subsequently questioned her about it, she left it up, and then many months later she finally changed the recipe but not before untold 1000’s of people had pinned and made it. Sheesh. I now have a sister recipe to this one called Keto Crack Pie (yes, an homage to the famous Momofuko crack pie in NYC) and it is to die for. Same crust, no nuts and tastes like a melt-in-your-mouth brown sugar pie.
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- 1¾ C Almond Flour
- ½ C Ground Pecans
- ½ C Allulose
- ½ C Melted Butter
- 2 Eggs
- 1 C Allulose
- ½ C Melted Butter
- ¼ C SugarFree Maple Syrup***
- 2 T Heavy Cream
- 1 t Vanilla Extract
- 2 T Brandy (Optional)
- ½ C Chopped Walnuts
- ½ C Chopped Pecans
- Preheat oven to 340°.
- Put almond flour into a medium bowl.
- In a small processor add pecans and Allulose and process until pecans are ground.
- Add pecan mixture to almond flour and mix in melted butter.
- Mix all ingredients and press into an 8"x1¼” removable bottom cake pan, a corresponding sized spring-form pan or even a 9" glass pie dish.
- Blind bake crust 12-15 minutes and then “tamp down” as it will puff up. Return to oven for about 5-10 additional minutes or until it starts to turn just ever so slightly brown. If it has puffed up again knock it back down.
- Leave oven on.
- In order add and mix: Eggs, syrup, melted butter, and vanilla to a medium bowl & beat until smooth. Add heavy cream and brandy, if using, and mix thoroughly.
- Beat in Allulose 4 T at a time until smooth.
- Fold in nuts, pour into pie shell, and bake for 25-30 minutes. Tart will puff up and then fall when removed from the oven and should just giggle a little in the center.
- Put on rack and cool completely.
- For the very best results cover and refrigerate for at least 4-5 hours as the tart will get really thick just like any other pecan pie.
- Serve with a dollop of whipped cream.
- 10 Servings
- 415 Calories, 7.3g Protein, 42.2g Fat, 6.5g Carbs, 3.5g Fiber, 3.0g Net Carbs
- Nutritionals include crust.
- For a pecan tart or pie, substitute the walnuts for more pecans.
- Don’t think your crust will be dry. The filling soaks into it and it becomes just as dense and chewy as the filling.
- Nuts will not float to the top but should stay nicely placed throughout the tart. (See Picture)
- Absolutely no need to grease pan as crust has so much butter in it. Each wedge will come out slicker than a whistle.
- Don't ask me how you can turn the ingredients listed into an absolutely fabulous low carb walnut pecan tart. It is beyond me and with a keto fat ratio of 91%.
- CAVEAT: I use the ingredients that I feel are the best available, for me personally. If you decide to make this (and I sure hope you do) I am unable to vouch for substitute sweeteners. I have multiple reasons for NOT using eryritol, oligosaccharides or food grade glycerin(e) and one of them is they are not as low in carbs as you may have been lead to believe.
- I do occasionally used EZ-Sweetz liquid Sucralose as it adds a different depth of sweetness rather than leaving something one dimensional and neither of the products used here have any carbs in them no matter how much you use. None of the above mentioned can begin to say that which is why you see a nutritional label for 1 t or God forbid ½ t.