Black Bean Tart With Chili Crust

By 1For_Him

A friend of mine surprised us with this for dinner one night. She just delivered it to our door. I knew I had to have the recipe. It's such a different entree. Vegetarian and yet SO hardy! The instructions are long, but the process isn't. Don't let the length of the recipe scare you out of a delightful and interesting meal! Be sure to use your food processor to save some time!

Ingredients

• For Crust:
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (or reduce to 3/4 cup and add 1/2 cup cornmeal)
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chilled butter, cut into bits
• 6 tablespoons ice water
• For Filling:
• 4 (14 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained, divided (Or reduce to 2 cans and use 2 cups chicken)
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 yellow onion, chopped (or can use green onion)
• 10 ounces frozen corn, thawed
• 1 green or red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese, grated
• 2 -3 fresh jalapeno peppers, chopped (and seeded) (optional)
• Lime Sour Cream:
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice

Details

Servings 10
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 For crust:.

2 In a bowl, with a pastry blender, or in a food processor, blend or pulse together flour, spices and salt until combined well.

3 Add butter and blend until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

4 Add ice water and blend until incorporated and mixture forms a dough.

5 Press dough evenly onto the bottom of a 10-inch tart pan with a removeable fluted rim (I use my springform pan) and chill 15 minutes until firm. (Or use regular pie pan)

6 With a fork, prick entire crust many times.

7 Bake crust in middle of oven 20 minutes or until golden.

8 Cool crust in pan on wire rack.

9 Crust may be made 1 day ahead and kept at room temp, covered loosely with plastic wrap.

10 For filling:.

11 In a food processor, puree 1 can beans with sour cream until smooth.

12 Season with salt and pepper.

13 In a skillet, heat oil over moderately high heat until hot (but not smoking), and saute onion until clear.

14 Add corn, salt and pepper to taste, and heat throughout.

15 Stir in remaining 3 cans beans, bell pepper, cilantro, jalapenos and cheese.

16 Remove from heat.

17 Spread bean puree evenly onto crust and mound with remaining filling, pressing gently.

18 Bake tart in middle of oven about 20 minutes, or until hot and cheese is melted.

19 Let tart cool in pan on a rack 15 minutes.

20 **Edited to reflect review** - Place springform pan on serving platter or cookie sheet (large enough to accomodate some spreading of tart and filling.).

21 Carefully remove rim of springform pan, slice tart and garnish individual servings with lime sour cream and, if desired, cilantro sprigs.