Avocado "tarte fine"

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 200 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
• 2 150 g cream cheese
• 3 2 tablespoons herbs of your choice
• 4 2 avocados
• 5 1 lime
• 6 fresh coriander (cilantro)
• 7 1 chive flowers (optional)
• 8 3 pinches fine (or table) salt
• Total weight: 990 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	25 min.	60 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: 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.
• 2: Lay a second baking sheet on top of the pastry and bake for 20 to 25 minutes...
• 3: ...until the pastry disc is golden brown. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
• 4: 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.
• 5: Prepare 2 avocados...
• 6: ...then slice thinly. Sprinkle with the juice of 1 lime, salt lightly and mix very gently.
• 7: Spread the herby cream cheese over the pastry base.
• 8: Arrange the avocado slices on top.
• 9: 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.

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