Onion Tart

"A wonderful savoury tart to enjoy with soup and salad."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Make pastry shell: Blend flour, butter, shortening and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal; stir in 1/3 cup ice water and form dough into a ball.
  • Flatten ball slightly, dust with flour and chill it, wrapped in plastic wrap, for 30 minutes.
  • Roll our 1/8 inch thick on a lightly-floured work surface.
  • Fit into an 11 inch tart pan with a removable rim and trim the edge.
  • Prick shell all over with a fork and chill for 30 minutes.
  • Line with foil and fill with pie weights or dry beans.
  • Bake shell on a baking sheet in the lower-third of preheated 400F oven for 10 minutes.
  • Remove beans and foil and bake 5 minutes longer.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Maintain oven temperature.
  • For filling: Cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring, until golden and transfer to paper towels to drain.
  • Pour off fat and cook onions in butter with salt and pepper over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until they are soft.
  • Add flour and cook mixture, stirring, for 1 minute.
  • Stir in cream and bacon, bring just to simmer, remove from heat and cool 10 minutes.
  • Add eggs in a stream, stirring quickly so they don’t curdle, and season with nutmeg and salt and pepper.
  • Pour into prepared pastry shell and bake on baking sheet for 35-40 minutes, or until top is golden-brown.

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  1. I must admit I cheated a bit with this recipe I bought rolled short crust pastry for the base but followed the directions for cooking it. This is very tasty but think I would dot some blue vein cheese or tasty cheese next time I did it. Thanks evelyn.
     
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