Sweet Onion Tart Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Melt butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add onions and cook until golden brown. Set aside to cool. Unroll pie dough 1 at a time. Use a 2 1/2-inch round cutter and cut as many rounds as possible (about 14 to 16), reserving scraps repeat with second pie dough. Gather together scrap dough and cut out as many rounds as needed to make 24 in total. Fit dough rounds into cups of mini muffin pan. Place in the oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove and set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, half-and-half, golden onion soup mix, and fines herbs. Set aside. Divide onions among tartlet shells, about 1/2 teaspoon each. Stir the egg mixture and fill tartlets to cover the onions. Top each with 1/2 teaspoon of cheese. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.

Steps:

• Line unpricked pastry shell with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 450° for 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack. , In a small skillet, saute onions in oil until tender; cool. In a food processor, combine the eggs, feta cheese, salt, pepper, nutmeg and hot pepper sauce; cover and process until smooth. Gradually add cream and milk; process until blended., Brush the inside of crust with mustard. Sprinkle the green onions, chives and sauteed onions over crust. Carefully pour egg mixture over onions. Top with Parmesan cheese. , Bake at 375° for 30-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat and stir in onion. Pour in red wine to cover the bottom of the pan and sprinkle with sugar. Cook and stir until onions are tender and translucent, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Combine heavy cream, mozzarella cheese, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Stir into onion mixture.
• Cut pie crusts into 3-inch circles using a cookie cutter. Place circles into the bottom of 12 muffin cups in a muffin tin.
• Spoon onion mixture evenly on top of the tart crusts.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before popping tartlets out of the muffin tin.

Steps:

• To make the pastry, process the flour, butter and water together in a food processor for a few minutes until a rough dough forms. Remove, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4).
• Roll the dough out on a floured bench and gently press into the tin. Trim the pastry to fit and reserve the left-over pastry to patch any cracks.
• To blind-bake the tart, line the pastry shell with foil and fill with baking weights or uncooked rice or beans. Bake until cooked, about 20 minutes. Remove the foil and weights and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes until lightly golden. If there are any cracks, patch with the left- over pastry.
• While the tart shell is baking, prepare the filling.
• In a large frying pan over low to medium heat, sauté the onion in the oil until very soft and light brown. This may take up to an hour. Set aside to cool slightly. Beat the egg yolks with the cream. Add the nutmeg and season well with salt and pepper. Stir the onion through the cream mixture.
• Carefully fill the pastry shell with the filling, place in the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the filling is set. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• In a large heavy skillet, saute butter and diced Vidalia onion. Cook until lightly caramelized. Remove from heat and whisk in sour cream. Slowly whisk in evaporated milk. Whisk in dry soup mix until completely incorporated. Whisk in eggs. Mix in the shredded cheese until blended. Spoon mixture into an unbaked pastry. Place pie on a cookie sheet and place into oven.
• Bake in preheated oven 40 to 45 minutes; or until a knife inserted comes out clean. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a deep 23cm fluted flan tin. Line with baking paper and fill with baking beans. Bake blind for 15 mins.
• Heat the butter and oil in a large frying pan, then gently fry the onions, covered, for about 30 mins until completely softened, but still pale in colour.
• Beat the eggs and cream together in a bowl, then add the cheese and some seasoning. Stir in the onions, then spoon the mixture into the flan case. Bake for 25-30 mins until lightly set and browned.

Steps:

• Prepare pastry in food processor:.
• Place flour, salt, and butter in work bowl fitted with metal blade. Process until mixture resembles coarse corn meal.
• While mixing, gradually add ice water through tube and process until mixture forms a ball.
• Remove dough from work bowl.
• Shape into 6-inch disk and wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• (Pastry may also be made by hand according to individual's methods.).
• Roll out pastry between two pieces of parchment paper into 13" circle -- or something resembleing a circle.
• Place into 10" quiche or tart pan. (Tart pan with removable bottom makes for a more "elegant" presentation.).
• Fold pastry onto itself forming a double side wall. Prepare edge with decorative trim by finger crimping around entire pan.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line pastry bottom with foil. Weigh down pastry by spreading beans or rice on bottom.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes--or until edge of pastry is SLIGHTLY browned. Romove foil and weights.
• Cool pastry.
• Prepare Filling:.
• Peel onions and slice into 1/4" thick slices.
• Spread flour onto plate.
• Dredge onion slices in flour. Set aside.
• Heat 1 1/2 T of the olive oil and 1 1/2 T of the butter in a 12" skillet over medium-low heat.
• When oil/butter is hot, brown 1/2 of the onion slices.(About 4-5 minutes each side.).
• Place on paper towels to drain.
• Add remaining 1 1/2 T olive oil and 1 1/2 T butter to skillet and brown remaining onion slices. (About 4-5 minutes each side.).
• Place on paper towels to drain. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl whisk eggs, milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and oregano until well combined. Set aside.
• Spread 3 T of grated Parmesan on bottom of prepared pastry.
• Arrange browned onion slices to completely cover bottom of prepared pastry.
• Pour egg mixture over onions.
• Sprinkle with remaining 2 T of Parmesan cheese.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until it is puffed and browned and the filling is set.
• Cool tart at least 5 minutes before serving.