I love how it’s simple enough for a Sunday morning treat, but impressive enough to serve for company.

Ingredients

This tart has three main components:

Virginie Wiggins is back to share her pomegranate tartlets recipe. Not only did she write this post and let me try her delicious tartlets, but she let Myles play at her house with her boys while Jonathan took photos of the tartlets. She’s the best! I hope you love her tartlets as much as I do.

I am a bit of a health freak. And, here I am posting on Cupcake Project, baking blog, epicurean heaven. I don’t think the two are incompatible. To me, chocolate = magnesium. Custard = proteins. Fruit tarts = vitamin C. Yes, eating dessert can make you healthier!

Take pomegranate, for example. This Middle Eastern fruit has many virtues! It is an antioxidant, fights heart disease, lowers high blood pressure, and decreases inflammation. It is rich in vitamin C, potassium, and fiber, although you will miss out if you just suck the juice out of the seeds and spit out the white middle.