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.
74 K 2.3/5 (3 reviews)
1 hour 20 min.
Easy
2 tarts
11 IngredientsLast modified on: December 30th 2019
For 2 tarts, you will need:
- 1
1 lb + 5.1 oz shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée) - 2
1 lb + 12.2 oz tinned red kidney beans - 3
8 tablespoons olive oil - 4
2 reds onion - 5
8 tablespoons lime juice - 6 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 7
20 drops Tabasco - 8
8 avocados - 9
2 bunches fresh coriander (cilantro) - 10
salt - 11
pepper
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 20 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Use 1 lb + 5.1 oz 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 lb + 12.2 oz tinned red kidney beans through a vegetable mill...
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Prepare 2 reds onion and slice very finely.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Mix in a bowl: 8 tablespoons lime juice, 4 tablespoons olive oil, 20 drops Tabasco, salt and pepper.
Stage 7 - 15 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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 550 RDI=210 % | 2,840 RDI=270 % | 2,050 RDI=310 % | 7,290 RDI=370 % | 30,530 RDI: 370 % |
| Per 100 g | 10 RDI=5 % | 70 RDI=7 % | 50 RDI=8 % | 180 RDI=9 % | 770 RDI: 9 % |
| Per tart | 270 RDI=110 % | 1,420 RDI=130 % | 1,030 RDI=160 % | 3,650 RDI=180 % | 15,270 RDI: 180 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 tarts : 17.15 €
- Per tart : 8.60 €
Change currency: 
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
Like these other recipes: Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Mexican salad, African style chicken, Enchiladas, Cauliflower, red bean and avocado salad, ... See them all 7
Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French custard tart, Deep leek and potato quiche, Angevin plum pâté, Sorrel and potato quiche, Tarte à l'coloche, ... See them all 16
Tabasco
Like these other recipes: Sushi, Green avocado salad, Cocktail sauce, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Caesar salad, ... See them all 11
Olive oil
Like these other recipes: Roasted leeks with pesto, Italian style gratin, Pistachio and spinach pesto, Lemony cabbage and potato salad, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), ... See them all 530
Other recipes you may also like
Fresh mint ice-cream
This well-flavoured ice-cream is excellent on its own, or in profiteroles with a chocolate sauce for example.February 21th 2011538 K4.6 1 hour 35 min.
How to cook hard-boiled eggs properly
A hard-boiled egg is properly cooked when: shell is not broken, white and yolk are firm, yolk is only yellow with no traces of green around it. Here are some tips to make this easy.November 4th 20131.38 M 65 1 hour 30 min.
Apricot blancmange
Blancmange is a very old dessert recipe, going back to the middle-ages. Updated for our century, it's almond milk with whipped cream and a smooth apricot puree.August 23th 2011316 K4 3 hours 15 min.
Peach and mint salad
Here is a very simple, fresh and delicious recipe; the flavour of mint goes very well with peaches.September 7th 2012318 K 24 20 min.
Chicken breasts with tarragon
Chicken breasts are slowly cooked in a frying pan, then the sauce is made in the same pan with dry white wine, chicken stock and tarragon, and served with sauté (pan-fried) potatoes.February 21th 2011319 K 15 1 hour 40 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-08-24)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.