Savory Carrot Tart

Are you feeling like having some comfort food? Let's bake an Argentinean Vegan Savory Carrot Tart. one of the easiest and best dinner tart recipes you will find out there!

When I was living in Argentina, I would always make a big one and freeze these vegan savory tart portions to have them readily available as the main dish for quick lunches or lazy dinners. This one is a vegan version!

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• 🧾 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• 💡Pro tip
• 👨🏻‍🍳 Tips to make a vegan tart
• 📖 Savoury tarts recipes ideas
• 🥢 How to serve
• ❓ FAQ
• 📚 More Argentinean recipes
• 📋 Recipe
• 💬 Reviews and Comments

🧾 Ingredients

• Carrots: They provide a sweet, earthy flavor and are packed with essential nutrients like beta-carotene.
• Vegan Pie Dough Recipe (or store-bought puff pastry): This gives the tart its crisp, flaky texture and acts as the delicious vessel for our filling.
• White Onion: It offers a mild, aromatic base, enhancing the overall depth of flavor in the tart.
• Fresh Garlic: Essential for that pungent kick, garlic brings out the flavors of the other veggies.
• Celery: Its crisp texture and slightly peppery flavor balance out the sweetness of the other ingredients.
• Red Bell Pepper: Adds a touch of sweetness, color contrast, and a burst of vitamin C.
• Chia Seeds: A plant-based binding agent, they help in achieving the right tart consistency and offer omega-3 fatty acids.
• Vegan Mozzarella Cheese: It melts beautifully, lending the tart a creamy texture and rich taste.
• Your Choice of Herbs (thyme, rosemary, and oregano): They infuse the tart with a fragrant, earthy aroma, making each bite herbaceous and delightful.
• Olive Oil: Used for sautéing, it brings out the flavors and ensures nothing sticks, plus it's heart-healthy!
• Nutmeg (optional): Just a hint elevates the dish, adding a warm and nutty undertone.
• Oats (optional): They absorb any excess moisture, ensuring the crust remains crispy and perfectly baked.

Salt and pepper to taste.

See quantities and complete instructions in the recipe card.

🔪 Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 ºF (200 ºC). Use olive oil and a bit of flour to prepare an 8” (25 cm) baking sheet and place the tart crust on top of it; you can use parchment paper to help you manage it. Pinch with a fork.

Make the chia egg by hydrating the chia seeds in one cup of warm water for 10 minutes.

Prepare the filling

1. Peel and shred the carrots, and continue chopping the rest of the vegetables.
2. Stir fry the chopped onions and the minced garlic, then add the celery and chopped bell peppers. Stir regularly.
3. Add the shredded carrots, followed by the herbs and spices, and remove them from the heat.
4. Cool down the mixture, remove any excess liquid, and stir in the chia eggs and the cubed vegan mozzarella cheese.
5. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
   

Assemble the carrot pie

1. Sprinkle the rolled oats in the puff pastry; this will help absorb any residual moisture from the carrots mixture, ensuring your crust is cooked well and doesn’t come up soggy.
2. Pour the veggie and cheese mixture into the baking pan and spread evenly. Then, fold the puff pastry inwards.
3. Bake the vegetable tart in the oven for 30-40 minutes until it looks golden brown.
4. Let the galette sit for 10 minutes before serving.

Note: Optionally, you can brush the tart with a mix of paprika and water to replace the egg wash, adding color and making the golden brown color stand out more. I usually don't use it.

Serve warm with a green salad with cherry tomatoes.

💡Pro tip

If you are not using a non-stick pie pan. Use one teaspoon of oil to grease the pan.

Then, use flour to dust the oiled pan and place the dough in.

Tip: sometimes, the moisture of the filling can prevent the dough from cooking evenly. To avoid this, lay oats flakes on top of savory tart dough. This will absorb any residual moisture from the carrots mix, ensuring your pie crust is cooked well and doesn’t end up mushy.

👨🏻‍🍳 Tips to make a vegan tart

In this case, it is the binding feature that we are going after, and both chia and flax seeds are great at binding.

You can also add the pulp of red pepper carrot juice to this savory tart to avoid waste and make the most out of your juice's fiber.

📖 Savoury tarts recipes ideas

Tarts are free-form versions of open fruit tarts, and you can find them in various shapes and fillings.

The most common tart options include the veggie ones: Verdura (Spinach and chard), Butternut Squash, zucchini, yellow summer squash, Cheese, and Onion, Eggplant, but you can find endless combinations.

A savory vegetable tart is not time-consuming and is a cheap, tasty, and convenient option for a mid-day lunch. It is common to find them on fixed-priced menus. Rotisseries (ready-made food-to-go stores) also have them as a widespread, fast, jet-healthy option.

Veggie tarts are so typical that some food delivery restaurants only make empanadas (filled pastries), pizzas, and pies. As a result, many Rotiserias survive entirely on these three menu options. Just with a slice, you have a light and convenient meal.

Carrots are an excellent source of beta-carotene, fiber, and antioxidants. They also have several health benefits linked to lower cholesterol levels and improved eye health.

🥢 How to serve

This simple carrot recipe works as a main dish or a side dish when paired with a nice salad with cherry tomatoes, a spinach salad, or a kale salad. That way, you have a complete meal.

To learn more about the benefits of Carrots.

Include more Carrots in your daily routine: Have this Apple, Carrot, Celery Juice First Thing in the Morning.

We use carrots quite often for juicing, and we love zero-waste cooking and minimizing churn; we also use carrot tops to make carrot greens pesto. It goes perfectly with vegan tuna salads and cold pasta salads.

Sometimes buy way too many carrots; what do we do? Carrot and Ginger soup is another favorite that is made very quickly with minimal cooking time and it's sooo yummy!

Have you heard about vegan bacon? You may be heading to a new treat with this easy-to-make and healthy carrot bacon recipe.

If you love cooking with carrots, you will surely love our one-pot carrot cake, made with our go-to gluten-free flour blend, for a healthy treat or breakfast.

❓ FAQ

📚 More Argentinean recipes

• Pickled Eggplants (Berenjenas al Escabeche)
• Vegan Lentil Empanadas
• Spinach Ricotta Empanadas
• Vegan Empanadas (or Tart) Dough
• Vegan Eggplant Pie

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