Caramelized Shallot Tartlets Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a 12-inch ovenproof saute pan, add the shallots and sugar, and toss to coat. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, tossing occasionally, until the shallots start to brown. Add the vinegar, salt, and pepper and toss well.
• Place the saute pan in the oven and roast for 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the shallots, until they are tender. Season, to taste, sprinkle with parsley, and serve hot.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large heavy-bottomed Dutch oven over medium high. Add shallots and thinly sliced garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shallots have become totally softened and caramelized with golden-brown fried edges, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add red-pepper flakes and anchovies. (No need to chop the anchovies; they will dissolve on their own.) Stir to melt the anchovies into the shallots, about 2 minutes.
• Add tomato paste and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly to prevent any scorching, until the tomato paste has started to cook in the oil a bit, caramelizing at the edges and going from bright red to a deeper brick red color, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer about half the mixture to a resealable container, leaving the rest behind. (These are your leftovers to be used elsewhere: in another batch of pasta or smeared onto roasted vegetables, spooned over fried eggs or spread underneath crispy chicken thighs.)
• To serve, cook pasta according to package instructions in a large pot of salted boiling water until very al dente (perhaps more al dente than usual). Transfer to Dutch oven with remaining shallot mixture (or a skillet if you are using the leftover portion) and 1 cup pasta water. Cook over medium-high heat, swirling the skillet to coat each piece of pasta, using a wooden spoon or spatula to scrape up any bits on the bottom, until pasta is thick and sauce has reduced and is sticky, but not saucy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine parsley and finely chopped garlic clove, and season with flaky salt and pepper. Divide pasta among bowls, or transfer to one large serving bowl, and top with parsley mixture and a bit more red-pepper flakes, if you like.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large frying pan and cook shallots over a high heat for 5 mins. When they are golden, drain off and throw away the oil. Add the butter, bay and thyme and toss with seasoning. Cook for 5-8 mins, stirring so that the butter doesn't burn.
• Pour over the stock and cook until the shallots are tender and the sauce is reduced and sticky.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Set twelve 4-inch bottomless tartlet (flan) rings or twelve 4-inch tartlet pans with removable bottoms on two parchment-lined baking sheets. Lightly flour a clean working surface. Roll pate brisee to an 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out twelve 5-inch diameter circles, and fit into tartlet rings. Using a fork, prick pastry all over; chill until firm, at least 15 minutes.
• Line shells with aluminum foil; fill with dry beans or pie weights. Transfer baking sheets to oven; bake shells 12 minutes, rotating once during baking. Remove beans and foil. Continue baking until shells are slightly golden, 7 to 9 minutes. Remove baking sheets from oven; transfer to a wire rack. Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• In a medium skillet over medium-low heat, melt butter. Add shallots and sugar, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until shallots are very tender and have deeply caramelized, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from heat; set aside.
• Place goat cheese in bowl of a food processor; puree until very smooth. Add heavy cream and sour cream; process until well combined. Transfer to a medium bowl.
• Stir in thyme and parsley; season with pepper. Spoon filling into each shell to within 1/8 inch from top, about 2 to 3 tablespoons per shell. Arrange 1 heaping teaspoon reserved shallots on top of each tartlet.
• Transfer baking sheets to oven; bake tartlets until filling has set, 13 to 15 minutes, rotating once. Transfer sheets to a wire rack to cool slightly, about 10 minutes. Remove rings. Sprinkle remaining parsley over tartlets. To serve, place tartlets on plates. Garnish each plate with frisee.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Peel the papery skin off the shallots, being careful to leave them whole as whole as possible.
• Put the butter into a saute pan over medium heat until it begins to bubble. Add the shallots, shaking the pan to coat them with butter, and brown on all sides until nicely caramelized to a rich, golden brown color. This will take about 6 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle with the sugar, add the salt, pepper, and stock, and bring to a boil. Pour the contents of the saute pan into a casserole or baking dish. Place into the oven for 20 minutes.
• Check after 10 minutes to stir the contents of the dish and to ensure that the liquid has not evaporated. If it has, add several tablespoons of water to keep the dish moist until the shallots have cooked completely.
• After the shallots have roasted for 20 minutes, the liquid will have evaporated and the shallots should be caramelized to a rich dark golden brown color and should be tender when pierced with a knife.

Steps:

• 1. Spray top of pans and inside of mini muffin cups lightly with nonstick cooking spray. 2. Lightly dust work surface with flour. Unroll first crust and stretch it a bit in all directions with a rolling pin, making it slightly thinner. 3. Cut crust with cookie cutter, forming as many rounds as possible, reserving scraps. Place each round over a muffin cup and press down inside to form tartlet shells, making sure the scalloped edges come up and over the top of the cup. Gently press edges down against the top surface of the pan. 4. Repeat process with second pie crust, then combine scraps, roll out, and continue cutting rounds until all of the scraps have been used. Wrap tart pans in plastic wrap and place in freezer while preparing filling. 5. Sauté shallots in butter over low-medium heat until they are translucent and a deep golden brown (about 15 minutes). Remove from pan and chill. 6. Place reserved bacon fat in pan and sauté mushrooms until moisture has evaporated and they turn a nice brown. Add the thyme, salt, and pepper and sauté for 1 minute more. Remove from heat and chill in refrigerator. 7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine cream, eggs, and nutmeg in blender and process on low speed until thoroughly combined (about 7 seconds). 8. Remove tartlet pans from freezer. Fill each shell 3/4 full with the dry ingredients in this order: bacon, mushrooms, shallots, cheese.(Tartlets can be frozen at this point, for up to 2 weeks, but must be removed from freezer 1/2 hour before filling with cream.) 9. Slowly drizzle cream/egg mixture into the nooks and crannies until each shell is 7/8 full, wiping up any overflow with the corner of a paper towel. 10. Bake until crusts are golden and filling is puffed in center (10-15 minutes). 11. Remove from oven and cool on racks for 5 minutes. Gently lift each tartlet out of pan with the edge of a knife or fork. Arrange on a platter and serve hot, warm, or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a 12-inch ovenproof saute pan, add the shallots and sugar, and toss to coat. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, tossing occasionally, until the shallots start to brown. Add the vinegar, salt, and pepper and toss well.
• Place the saute pan in the oven and roast for 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the shallots, until they are tender. Season to taste, sprinkle with parsley, and serve hot.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add shallots with a pinch of salt.
• Cook, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes, then add the thyme.
• Lower temperature and continue to cook until shallots are light gold and melted, about 15 more minutes.
• Stir in the balsamic vinegar and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
• Serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a 12 inch ovenproof skillet melt the butter.
• Add the shallots and sugar, tossing to coat.
• Cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the shallots start to brown.
• Add the vinegar, salt and pepper and toss well.
• Place the skillet in the preheated oven and roast for 15-30 minutes, depending on the size of the shallots, until they are tender.
• Season to taste, sprinkle with parsley and serve.

Steps:

• Peel shallots and cut lengthwise into 1/8-inch slices.
• Heat oil in a small saute pan over medium heat. Add the butter and shallots. Sprinkle with sugar and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook shallots until they begin to brown evenly, then turn heat down to low and continue to cook until very soft, about 10 minutes. Serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Shells: May be made a day ahead.(short cut, use frozen phyllo cups) Heat oven to 375 degrees. Roll out pie dough and cut with 2" round cutter. Fit into gem pans and prick twice in the bottom of shell. Chill 20 minutes to firm dough.
• Bake shells until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes, rotating once during baking. Remove baking sheets from oven; transfer to a wire rack.
• Shallots : May be made a day or two ahead:.
• Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. Add shallots and sugar; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until shallots are very tender and have deeply caramelized, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from heat; set aside.
• Creamy filling: May be made a day or two ahead:.
• Place goat cheese in bowl of a food processor; puree until very smooth. Add heavy and sour creams; process until well combined. Transfer to a medium bowl. Stir in thyme and parsley; season with pepper.
• To assemble and bake-Place shells on a cookie sheet.
• Spoon or pipe 2 to 3 tablespoons filling into each shell, filling to within 1/8-inch from top.
• Arrange 1 heaping teaspoon reserved shallots on top of each tartlet.
• Transfer baking sheets to oven; bake tartlets until filling has set, 13 to 15 minutes, rotating once. Transfer sheets to a wire rack to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.