EASY GOAT’S CHEESE AND CARAMELIZED ONION TART
This easy to make Goat's Cheese and Caramelised Onion Tart uses Pickled Onions to give a great tanginess that goes perfectly with the dry goats cheese.
Ingredients
- 15 g butter plus extra for greasing
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 20 Haywards Traditional Pickled Onions
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 320 g sheet ready-made puff pastry
- 1 egg beaten
- 200 g soft goat's cheese
- black pepper
- green salad to serve
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. In a large frying pan, melt the butter on a medium heat and then add the oil. Let the mixture sizzle, then add the sliced pickled onions, stirring to coat.
- Sprinkle with sugar, mix again and add 50ml cold water. Simmer for 6-7 mins, until the sauce is thick and shiny. Mix through half the thyme leaves (if using) and season with pepper, then set aside.
- Grease inside of a flat baking tray with about a teaspoon of butter, using a piece of the butter wrapper, or kitchen paper, to smooth it over the tray. Lay the pastry sheet upon it and lightly draw a thumb-width border around the sides of the pastry with a sharp knife (without cutting through the pastry). With a pastry brush or a teaspoon, dap the border with the beaten egg.
- Spread the onion mixture within the border, then crumble the goat’s cheese over it and sprinkle with the remaining thyme leaves (if using).
- Season with black pepper and bake on the top shelf for 15-20 mins until the pastry is golden and the cheese slightly browned.
- Serve garnished with thyme sprigs, and side salad.
Notes
Haywards’ tip: Make four individual tarts by cutting the pastry sheet into four, drawing a smaller border, and filling each with each amounts of the filling. Cook on two flat baking trays (two tarts per tray, so they are spaced out).