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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

Keywords for this recipe:Tart Puff pastry Avocado Lime Coriander Fine

For 4 people, you will need:

0 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
1 150 g cream cheese
2 2 tablespoons herbs of your choice
3 2 avocados
4 1 lime
5 fresh coriander (cilantro)
6 1 chive flowers (optional)
7 3 pinches fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 995 grams

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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 200 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 150 g cream cheese with the chopped 2 tablespoons herbs of your choice in a bowl. Salt lightly (depending on the cheese you are using) and pepper generously.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Prepare 2 avocados...

Stage 6 - 5 min.

...then slice thinly. Sprinkle with the juice of 1 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
252 Kcal or 1,055 Kj	36 gr	80 gr	63 gr
13 %	14 %	8 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
25 Kcal or 105 Kj	4 gr	8 gr	6 gr
1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
63 Kcal or 264 Kj	9 gr	20 gr	16 gr
3 %	3 %	2 %	2 %

% 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 4 people : 7.31 €
Per person : 1.83 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

More recipes?

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: Pissaladière with puff pastry, Tomato feuilleté with pesto, Apple semelles (flat apple tarts), Crusty cockle tart, Millefeuille, ... All
	Cream cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Gravlax, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Oriane's tuna rillettes , Chicken and avocado bagels, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, ... All
	Fine (or table) salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cocotte eggs with Comté, Tartiflette, Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), Home-made terrine of foie gras, Cretan Bread, ... All
	Herbs of your choice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chicken and Avocado Salad, Breton Sandwich, Roasted Cauliflower, Five hours poultry, Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, ... All

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