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Avocado "tarte fine"

The French "tarte fine" (pronounced "feen") is a literally a thin tart, made on a precooked flat base of puff pastry. This delicious, crisp, savoury tart is topped with cream cheese, slices of avocado, a trickle of lime juice and fresh coriander.

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Last modified on: July 15^th 2020

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 0 kg 3 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 0 kg 2 g cream cheese
3 1 tablespoon herbs of your choice
4 1 avocado
5 ½ lime
6 fresh coriander (cilantro)
7 ½ chive flowers (optional)
8 2 pinches fine (or table) salt

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
34 min.	25 min.	59 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Roll out 0 kg 3 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) into a disc about 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter.

Slip this onto a sheet of cooking parchment, laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 2 - 25 min.

Lay a second baking sheet on top of the pastry and bake for 20 to 25 minutes...

Stage 3 - 5 min.

...until the pastry disc is golden brown. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, mix 0 kg 2 g cream cheese with the chopped 1 tablespoon herbs of your choice in a bowl. Salt lightly (depending on the cheese you are using) and pepper generously.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Prepare 1 avocado...

Stage 6 - 5 min.

...then slice thinly. Sprinkle with the juice of ½ lime, salt lightly and mix very gently.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Spread the herby cream cheese over the pastry base.

Stage 8 - 6 min.

Arrange the avocado slices on top.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Brush the avocado with a little more lime juice.

Finish by scattering a few fine fresh coriander leaves over and, if possible, some chive flowers.

Remarks

For more flavour impact, add a finely chopped shallot or a couple of shakes of Tabasco to the cream cheese and herbs. In stage 9 use the lime juice left over from stage 6.

Keeping

Should be eaten the same day.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
514 Kcal or 2,152 Kj	62 gr	377 gr	341 gr
26 %	24 %	36 %	52 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
104 Kcal or 435 Kj	13 gr	76 gr	69 gr
5 %	5 %	7 %	10 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
257 Kcal or 1,076 Kj	31 gr	189 gr	171 gr
13 %	12 %	18 %	26 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 3.66 €
Per person : 1.83 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Puits d'amour, Koulibiak in pie dish, Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, Millefeuille, ... All
	Cream cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Oriane's tuna rillettes , Cheese and tomato tart, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Surf and turf club sandwich, Summery cheese on toast, ... All
	Fine (or table) salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Italian Meringue, Cramique, Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Mayonnaise, How to prepare cucumber, ... All
	Avocado: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken and Avocado Salad, Mixed salad stack, Mixed salad with curry mayo, Cauliflower, red bean and avocado salad, Mexican salad, ... All

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