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 1 tart, you will need:
- 1
1 1⁄3 cup Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée) - 2
1 ¾ cup tinned red kidney beans - 3
4 tablespoons olive oil - 4
1 red onion - 5
4 tablespoons lime juice - 6 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 7
10 drops Tabasco - 8
4 avocados - 9
1 bunch fresh coriander (cilantro) - 10
salt - 11
pepper
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 1 1⁄3 cup 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 ¾ cup tinned red kidney beans through a vegetable mill...
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Prepare 1 red onion and slice very finely.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Mix in a bowl: 4 tablespoons lime juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 10 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 |
| 2,377 Kcal or 9,952 Kj | 111 gr | 369 gr | 192 gr |
| 119 % | 43 % | 35 % | 29 % |
| 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 1 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: Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Mexican salad, Express chilli con carne, African style chicken, Enchiladas, ... All |
 | Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gisèle's Pasties, Black sesame flan, Salmon and spinach quiche, Rata-tart, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), ... All |
 | Tabasco: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Express chilli con carne, Mexican salad, Hot tomato sauce, Cocktail sauce, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Polpete, Curried prawn risotto, Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce., Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, Lebanese Tabbouleh, ... All |
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