Blue Cheese and Fig Tart

Name: Blue Cheese and Fig Tart
Yield: Serves 6-8
Ingredients: a drizzle of pomegranate molasses; 2 black garlic cloves, finely sliced; 250 g blue cheese, crumbled; bunch of basil leaves; a pinch of salt; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 1 pack ready rolled puff pastry; 8 figs, quartered; 1 aubergine, sliced; 2 tsp sumac; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 200 g baby courgettes, cut diagonally; 1 red pepper, sliced; 1 yellow pepper, sliced; 50 g butter; 5 large red onions, sliced; 4 tbsp olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

This tart is such a lovely showstopper. I make it when I’m hosting a drinks party because it’s as delicous as it is beautiful.

Ingredients

50 g butter
4 tbsp olive oil
5 large red onions

Main course
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5.

Place half the butter and half the oil with the onions and sugar in a heavy-based pan and caramelise on a medium heat until the onions have darkened. Remove from the pan and set aside.

Add the remaining butter and oil to the p