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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.

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Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

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For 1 tart, you will need:

1 300 g Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée)
2 400 g 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
Total weight: 1,975 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Use 300 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.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Pass the cooked 400 g tinned red kidney beans through a vegetable mill...

Stage 3 - 3 min.

...to give a smooth purée, then add 4 tablespoons olive oil, salt and pepper while beating with a whisk.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Prepare 1 red onion and slice very finely.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add to the red bean puree and mix well.

Check the seasoning.

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.

Prepare 4 avocados and slice. Put in a salad bowl and drizzle the lime juice and oil mixture over.

Mix very gently, as the avocado slices are fragile and tend to break up easily.

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.

Keeping

2 days at most in the fridge.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,646 Kcal or 15,265 Kj	273 gr	1,419 gr	1,026 gr
135 %	78 %	99 %	115 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
185 Kcal or 775 Kj	14 gr	72 gr	52 gr
7 %	4 %	5 %	6 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,646 Kcal or 15,265 Kj	273 gr	1,419 gr	1,026 gr
135 %	78 %	99 %	115 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 3.55 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Tinned red kidney beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Express chilli con carne, Cauliflower, red bean and avocado salad, African style chicken, Mexican salad, Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, ... All
	Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quiche Lorraine, Mornay onion tart, French custard tart, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Deep leek and potato quiche, ... All
	Tabasco: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mexican salad, Guacamole, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Express chilli con carne, Hot tomato sauce, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pasta with mustard-cream sauce, Avocado with Sautéed Prawns , Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, Roast potatoes "à la provençale", Cretan salad, ... All

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