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Red Onion Tart With Blue Cheese

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
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Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 pound red onions or other onions peeled, sliced
  • 1 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon honey
  • salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
  • sprig chervil and a little reduced balsamic vinegar for garnish
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup oatmeal not instant or 5 min
  • 2-1/2 ounce softened butter
  • 3/4 cup shredded Swiss cheese
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoon cold water
  • 4 ounce soft blue cheese
  • 2 tablespoon plain yogurt

Instructions

  • To prepare onion filling:
  • Place onions and vinegar in heavy saucepan. Cover with wax paper and lid. Cook gently for 30 minutes.
  • Remove lid and paper, add honey and cook until liquid has almost evaporated. Season to taste. Keep warm.
  • To make pastry:
  • Blend flours, oatmeal, butter, cheese and salt in blender until consistency of fine crumbs. Add cold water and form a ball.
  • Let pastry rest for 30 minutes, and then roll out. Line six 4 inch round fluted tins with pastry, prick with a fork, and then allow pastry to rest for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Preheat oven to 325. Bake tarts until pale golden brown.
  • To prepare cheese:
  • Mash blue cheese with a fork and blend with the yogurt.
  • Remove warm baked pastry tarts from tins; place on large warm plates. Fill each with enough red-onion mixture to cover base, and place 1 spoonful of blue cheese mixture on top.
  • Garnish with a drizzle of reduced balsamic vinegar and chervil sprigs.