Savory Cheesy Onion Tart Recipes

Steps:

• For crust: Preheat oven to 400F.
• Combine flour and salt and cut in butter and Crisco until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add 3 tblsps ice water and combine until it forms a ball.
• Flatten into a 6 inch disk and chill it, wrapped in plastic wrap, for 1 hour.
• Roll out to 1/8 inch thick on lightly-floured surface and fit into a 9 inch tart pan.
• Trim edge and prick all over with a fork.
• Bake in middle of oven for 10 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Maintain oven temperature.
• For filling: Cook onion in butter over moderately-low heat until softened.
• Mash blue cheese with half and half and stir in eggs, Cheddar, onion and salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour into shell and bake for 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350F and bake 25 minutes longer.

Steps:

• For the pastry: prepare your favorite pastry recipe and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Roll the dough between two pieces of wax paper into a 13-inch round and about 1/4-inch thick.
• Place the dough into a 9-1/2 inch tart pan with a removable bottom; trim any excess dough, leaving about 1/2-inch overhang.
• Fold the excess dough over the sides (if the dough is too soft to work with, refrigerate for about 20 minutes or freeze for 10 minutes).
• Prick the bottom of the shell all over with a fork.
• Line crust with foil and fill with dried beans.
• Bake in a 400° oven for 20 minutes or until very lightly coloured.
• Remove from oven and remove foil with the dry beans; set aside.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350°.
• For the filling: cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp; remove and set on paper towel.
• Drain all fat but about 2 tablespoons.
• Add the oil to the skillet, and heat to medium heat.
• Add in onions and garlic; saute for about 15 minutes or until soft, stirring more frequently towards the end of cooking time.
• Add in sliced mushrooms, rosemary, salt and pepper to skillet; cook for about 10 minutes, or until mushrooms are tender and onions are light golden brown in colour; remove from heat.
• Chop the bacon and add to the onion mixture.
• Combine both cheeses in a bowl and sprinkle half of the cheese into the bottom of the tart shell.
• Spoon the onion mixture over top of the cheese.
• Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the cheese is golden.
• Serve hot or at room temperature.
• Delicious!