Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Home-Made Onion Tart

I recently obtained a recipe for an onion tart, and decided to try it out.  It should be noted that I customized it to my liking (e.g., used light cream, instead of recommended heavy cream and added my own spices and cheese).

1st Step: chopped up four onions into small pieces, and heated them in a frying pan with butter (the salted kind).  Didn't realize that it would take forever to get these onions brown, but finally after 20min or so, they turned an appropriate brown shade.

2nd Step: baked a tart shell in the oven for about 15 min...yes, I bought a frozen one made of rice flour (gluten free), because using flour is risky business and has a mind of its own.

3rd Step: In a bowl, mixed one egg, and half a cup of cream.  Added a dash of paprika powder and black pepper.  Stirred.  Then added the browned onions and mixed well.  Last, added about one handful of shredded parmesan cheese (actually, you're welcome to add any cheese to your liking...since I had parmesan, I went with that option).  Stirred again.

4th Step: In the tart shell, sprinkled a tiny bit of shredded parmesan cheese on the bottom.  Then poured the "mix" created in the 3rd step.

5th Step:  Baked tart shell for another 30 min or so at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

PS = I wrote the above 5 steps while my onion tart was in the oven.  I will provide a picture below when done.  Please be patient.

3:15pm update - Took a peek in the oven...hmm, in hindsight, I should have used 6 onions rather than 4.  Looks creamy....very creamy indeed.  Well, another 10 min or so to go.

3:49pm update - Onion tart done and out of the oven (see below).  Tastes good, but an extra 2 onions would have been ideal.  Also, not too crazy about the rice flour shell.  Will try to find a pre-made frozen white flour shell next time.  Anyway, bon apetit!!!



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