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

- 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
- Peel and shred the carrots, and continue chopping the rest of the vegetables.
- Stir fry the chopped onions and the minced garlic, then add the celery and chopped bell peppers. Stir regularly.
- Add the shredded carrots, followed by the herbs and spices, and remove them from the heat.
- Cool down the mixture, remove any excess liquid, and stir in the chia eggs and the cubed vegan mozzarella cheese.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Assemble the carrot pie
- 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.
- Pour the veggie and cheese mixture into the baking pan and spread evenly. Then, fold the puff pastry inwards.
- Bake the vegetable tart in the oven for 30-40 minutes until it looks golden brown.
- 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
I was looking for Carrot Main Dish Recipes, and Argentineans usually make tarts using eggs as the binding ingredient. However, today, we are replacing eggs with “chia eggs.” Although we sometimes use them, we often replace them with different options, depending on their function in a recipe.
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
We use this straightforward recipe that also works for Vegan Empanadas, which we make with a lentil or mushroom filling. If you want to make this easy dough from scratch, find it here: Vegan Empanadas Dough.
You can also choose to use store-bought puff pastry, and it will also work well. Just take it out of the fridge ten minutes before using it.
If you are going for the store-bought puff pastry option, remember that there are different kinds of puff pastry, some of them being dryer and others flakier.
If you are using frozen puff pastry, I recommend leaving it to thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
To make a chia egg, double the amount of water to the number of chia seeds.
Let the chia seeds soak for 10 minutes, stirring once, ensuring all seeds come in contact with water. A gel will form. This chia egg mixture is then added to the filling mix, which will make it all hold together.
You can use the same method with flaxseeds, although you need to let them soak for 20 minutes or use boiling water.
📚 More Argentinean recipes
- Pickled Eggplants (Berenjenas al Escabeche)
- Vegan Lentil Empanadas
- Spinach Ricotta Empanadas
- Vegan Empanadas (or Tart) Dough
- Vegan Eggplant Pie
⭐ If you try this vegan savory tart recipe, let us know! 💬 Leave a comment, rate it, and don't forget to tag us @ourplantbasedworld on Instagram. Cheers!
📋 Recipe

Savory Carrot Tart
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 carrots medium
- 1 white onion medium
- 2 cloves garlic fresh
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 red bell pepper
- ⅓ cup chia seeds
- 8 ounces vegan mozzarella cheese
- ½ teaspoon thyme or rosemary, dried
- ½ teaspoon oregano dried
- Pinch nutmeg
- 1 Easy Vegan Empanadas Dough same dough used for this pie (use ½ of recipe, or 1 store-bought pastry crust
Optional:
- 2 tablespoons oats
Serve with a green salad, I suggest Rucola and cherry tomatoes.
Directions
- Preheat: Set your oven to 400ºF (200ºC) for 10 minutes.
- Prepare Chia: Soak the chia seeds in a cup of warm water for 10 minutes.
- Crust Ready: Oil an 8” pan, lay the pie crust, and pinch with a fork.
- Shred Carrots: Peel and finely shred the carrots.
- Stir-Fry Vegetables: Sauté the onion, garlic, celery, and bell pepper in a pan. Add water if needed.
- Add Carrots & Spices: Introduce the shredded carrots and season with herbs and spices.
- Cool Down: Allow the vegetable mix to cool for 5 minutes. Drain excess liquid.
- Mix In Cheese & Chia: Combine the cooled mixture with the mozzarella cubes and chia egg.
- Sprinkle Oats: Distribute the oats on the pie crust.
- Pour Mixture: Add the carrot mix into the prepared crust.
- Bake: Place the tart in the oven for 30-40 minutes.
- Rest: Allow the tart to settle for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
Nutrition Facts
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Natalie says
I'm saving this recipe to make for Easter. Looks amazing. Stunning! Can't wait to see my family's faces when I serve this for dinner.
Tracy says
What a great idea using the oats! We loved this recipe, so savory and delicious. My whole family loved it!
Katherine says
What a great way to make tasty carrots the star of the show! I love this tart.
Jacqueline Debono says
I love both sweet and savoury tarts. Savoury tarts are great for light lunches or as part of a buffet or picnic. And you are right, there are so many veggies that can be used in them. This vegan carrot tart looks and sounds so good. I've never used chia seeds to replace egg but what to give it a try!
Gus says
Nice! I am sure you will love this recipe! It's been a favorite around all my friends and families for years now! Chia seeds are great for binding tarts!
Toni says
This has been a favorite at my house
Lisa says
What a great vegan idea! So delicious!
Seema says
I love this! So glad you explain the reason for the oats. I will love to try this for our weeknight dinner, sounds exciting.
Gus says
you are welcome! Can't wait to see how it turns out for you!
Lucy says
This carrot tart is so good. Seasoned perfectly and makes a filling meal the whole family enjoys, thank you!
Sharon says
This carrot tart is going to quickly become your favorite go-to side dish for the holidays. The filling is so full of flavor!
Andrea says
What a beautiful and flavorful tart. Loving how easy it is to make too.
Gina says
Love finding new vegan recipes to try so I was happy when I came across this one! It was fantastic. Easy to make and so delicious!
Gus says
We are glad you enjoyed Gina! we love it too!
Toni says
Thank you so much for the recipe! Everyone at my house loved this tart!
Gus says
We are so glad to hear that Toni!
Dannii says
What a beautiful looking tart. A great way to use carrots too.
Amanda Dixon says
This tart was a huge hit for us! The fresh herbs add so much flavor with the carrots, and it's such a beautiful dish. Makes for a really impressive holiday appetizer!
Susan says
Me encantan las tartas saladas, muchas gracias por esta nueva idea, siempre ando buscando nuevas opciones de rellenos veganos.
Lisalia says
Yummy, this was so so good. It was so flavorful with the carrot base. Thank you for so many delicious veggie-based recipes.
Beth says
This carrot tart is absolutely wonderful and very delicious! Such a yummy and great flavor. Absolutely loved here and we can’t wait to make this again!
Biana says
This tart looks amazing! What a great idea for brunch.
Angela says
Love savory tarts! This would excellent for breakfast or lunch. Thanks for the delicious and healthy recipe!
Bianca says
That recipe is amazing! I love all the details you give us and the trick to use oats to absorbe the residual moisture of the carrots is genius
Gus says
Thank you so much Bianca! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the recipe and found it helpful. We're always looking for new ways to make things easier and more delicious, so we'll be sure to pass this along as well.
I hope you enjoy cooking up some of your own plant-based meals soon!