Dreena's Festive Chickpea Tart

Name: Dreena's Festive Chickpea Tart
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 397 grams chickpeas, rinsed and drained (reserve 1/4 cup); 177 milliliters diced celery; 3 Tbsps dried cranberries; 59 milliliters fresh parsley, chopped; 1 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped (for topping); 296 milliliters frozen chopped spinach; 5 mediums large garlic cloves, minced; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 1 Tbsps olive oil; 237 milliliters diced onion; 1 9-inch prepared whole-wheat pie shell thawed; 0 teaspoons sea salt; 1 teaspoon tamari; 177 milliliters walnuts; 2 Tbsps lightly crushed walnuts (for topping)

This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 15g of protein, 33g of fat, and a total of 551 calories. If $2.29 per serving falls in your budget, Dreena's Festive Chickpea Tart might be an excellent vegan recipe to try. A mixture of chickpeas, olive oil, pie shell, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Add oil, onion, celery, garlic, salt and pepper in a skillet over medium heat. Cook for 7-9 minutes until onions soften.

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Salt And Pepper

Celery

Garlic

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

In a food processor, add chickpeas (except reserved 1/4 cup), walnuts, lemon juice, tamari, and salt, and pulse to lightly chop (not puree).

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Lemon Juice

Chickpeas

Walnuts

Tamari

Salt

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Food Processor

Remove about 1/2 of the mixture from food processor and set aside.

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Food Processor

Add sautéed mixture, lemon juice, tamari, and sea salt to processor with other half of chickpea/walnut mixture and puree until smooth.

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Lemon Juice

Chickpeas

Sea Salt

Tamari

Walnuts

Transfer puree to a large bowl and stir in spinach, cranberries, thyme, reserved chopped chickpea/walnut mixture, and reserved whole ¼ cup of chickpeas.

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Cranberries