Shallot and Spring Onion Tart with Crunchy Hot Butter Pastry

Name: Shallot and Spring Onion Tart with Crunchy Hot Butter Pastry
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 egg white; 125g (4oz) semolina or ground rice; 1 tablespoon water; 1 teaspoon salt; 125g (4oz) butter; 125g (4oz) plain flour; 2 teaspoons caster sugar; 150 ml (¼ pint) double cream; Salt and black pepper; 750g (1½lb) shallots; 2 egg yolks; 1 large egg; 1 bunch of spring onions; 2 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Almost Vegetarian Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1999

About

This lovely tart can also be served with salad for a light meal. The pastry is easy and does not need to be baked blind.

Ingredients

For the Pastry

125g (4oz) plain flour
125g (4

Europe
United Kingdom
Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the flour, semolina and the salt together in a bowl. Gently melt the butter with the water in a small saucepan. Pour the hot butter on to the flour, stirring it in until you have a warm dough. Press pieces of the dough over the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 25 cm (