Caramelised onion, feta and thyme tart. #lockdownpicnic
It’s a vegetarian delight!
I decided to make a fetta onion tart for a picnic. So I googled it.
Found this recipe on Weight watchers.
But oops I added extra butter, full cream milk and fetta. LOls.
Delicious and so easy to make , especially with ready made pastry.
You need for one tart:
1 to 2 tabs olive oil ( plus butter!)
brown onion x 3 large, halved, thinly sliced
2 tsp brown sugar
3 tsp fresh thyme leaves
2 sheets shortcrust pastry
3 eggs
½ cup(s), (125ml) skim / full cream milk
¼ cup(s), (20g), finely grated parmesan cheese
50 g, crumbled feta cheese
Olive oil and butter for moisterising
- Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook onion, stirring occasionally, for 15–20 minutes or until golden and caramelised as Hermes bag.
- Add sugar and 2 teaspoons thyme leaves and stir to combine. Cool.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200°C or 180°C fan-forced.
- Lightly spray an 11.5cm x 34cm fluted tart tin with removable base with oil.
- Line base and sides of tin with pastry.
- Trim excess pastry.
- Place in fridge for 30 minutes.
- Cover pastry with baking paper and fill with pastry weights, dried beans or uncooked rice.
- Blind Bake for 10 minutes. This means you are sober ( not blind) just to pre cook the pastry
- Remove paper and weights and bake for 10 minutes or until golden.
- Cool to room temperature. Reduce oven to 180°C or 160°C fan-forced.
- Whisk eggs, milk and parmesan in a large jug until combined.
- Spoon onion mixture over pastry.
- Top with feta and pour over egg mixture.
- Sprinkle with remaining thyme leaves.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until just set.
- Serve with extra thyme sprigs.
- Perfect for a spring vaxxnic !