Mexican tart
This unusual tart features two star ingredients of South American cuisine: red kidney beans and avocado.
The shortcrust pastry case is filled with a red bean and onion purée, then topped with sliced avocado dressed with lime and garnished with fresh coriander.
The shortcrust pastry case is filled with a red bean and onion purée, then topped with sliced avocado dressed with lime and garnished with fresh coriander.
56K 3 2.3
Last modified on: December 30th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 3 tarts, you will need:
- 1
900 g Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée) - 2
1 kg 200 g tinned red kidney beans - 3
12 tablespoons olive oil - 4
3 reds onion - 5
12 tablespoons lime juice - 6 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 7
30 drops Tabasco - 8
12 avocados - 9
3 bunches fresh coriander (cilantro) - 10
salt - 11
pepper - Total weight: 5,925 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 1 hour 17 min. | 1 hour 17 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Use 900 g Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée) to make a cooked pastry case: roll out and line a tart tin then bake blind.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Pass the cooked 1 kg 200 g tinned red kidney beans through a vegetable mill...
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Prepare 3 reds onion and slice very finely.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Mix in a bowl: 12 tablespoons lime juice, 6 tablespoons olive oil, 30 drops Tabasco, salt and pepper.
Stage 7 - 12 min.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Sit the cooled tart case on its serving plate and fill with the red bean purée in a thick, even layer.
Stage 9 - 7 min.
Arrange the slices of avocado on top, closely packed as there should be plently of it.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
Dip a brush in the leftover lime dressing and brush this over the top to give an attractive shine to the tart.
Stage 11
Finish with a little coarsly chopped coriander. Your Mexican tart is ready.
Remarks
The Tabasco sauce in stage 6 is not absolutely essentail, but it really does pep up the flavour.
Similarly, though it is more Mediterranean than South American, you can use puréed chick peas.
Similarly, though it is more Mediterranean than South American, you can use puréed chick peas.
Keeping
2 days at most in the fridge.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 7,132 Kcal or 29,860 Kj | 334 gr | 1,107 gr | 576 gr |
| 357 % | 129 % | 104 % | 87 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 120 Kcal or 502 Kj | 6 gr | 19 gr | 10 gr |
| 6 % | 2 % | 2 % | 1 % |
| Per tart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,377 Kcal or 9,952 Kj | 111 gr | 369 gr | 192 gr |
| 119 % | 43 % | 35 % | 29 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 3 tarts : 10.66 €
- Per tart : 3.55 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Tinned red kidney beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mexican salad, Chicano burger, Enchiladas, Express chilli con carne, Cauliflower, red bean and avocado salad, ... All |
 | Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Deep leek and potato quiche, Potato and cheese pie, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Rata-tart, ... All |
 | Tabasco: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mexican ceviche, Caesar salad, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Verrine of avocado mousse and crab, Sushi, ... All |
 | Avocado: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sushi, Mexican ceviche, Avocado with gravlax, Thin tomato jelly and avocado tart, Verrine of avocado mousse and crab, ... All |
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