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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

Keywords for this recipe:South america Tex-mex Avocado Red beans Lime Salted tart Mexico

For 1 tart, you will need:

1 300 ml Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée)
2 400 ml 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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Use 300 ml 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 ml 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.

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 3.55 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Tinned red kidney beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cauliflower, red bean and avocado salad, Enchiladas, Express chilli con carne, Mexican salad, Chicano burger, ... All
	Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gisèle's Pasties, Quiche Lorraine, Salmon and spinach quiche, Deep leek and potato quiche, Rata-tart, ... All
	Tabasco: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Caesar salad, Cocktail sauce, Hot tomato sauce, Mexican ceviche, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , ... All
	Lime juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Mexican salad, Thin tomato jelly and avocado tart, Langoustine sabayon tart, Cucumber, avocado and mussel salad, ... All

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