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5-ingredient caramelised onion tart

40 minutes

11 of 75

5-ingredient caramelised onion tart

Serves 6 to 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

8–10 large shallots
50 g butter
1 sheet Woolworths ready-made all-butter puff pastry (if making one tart)
120 g Brie, Camembert or other soft cheese
1 T thyme leaves
1 T small capers (optional)
white anchovies, for serving (optional)

Method

1. Peel the shallots and cut into halves or quarters lengthways (depending on their size). They need to be thick wedges.

2. Melt the butter in a pan, add the onions and cook over a medium heat for as long as it takes for them to caramelise. This can take up to 40 minutes, but they have to be golden and sticky.

3. While the onions are cooking, preheat the oven to 220°C. Unroll the pastry onto a floured baking sheet and use a knife to score a 2 cm border around the edges (this will puff up to become the edges of your tart). Prick the pastry all over using a fork.

4. Tip the sticky onions into the centre of the pastry, leaving the border uncovered. Brush the border with the butter left in the pan. 5 Slice or tear the cheese into small pieces and evenly scatter over the onions, then scatter over the thyme and capers, if using.

6. Bake the tart for 15–20 minutes, or until the pastry is golden and puffed and the cheese has melted. Cut into squares to serve.

Cook's note: Make sure the pastry is very cold when using, and score the edges using a very sharp knife. This will result in a magnificent puff!

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly and Kate Wilson
Food assistants: Emma Nkunzana and Josh Van Zyl

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