Name: Onion Tart
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 400 g onions, finely sliced (use a mandolin for the quickest and best result); 120 ml single cream; 175 g butter, cut into small pieces; 2 eggs; 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten; 2 tbsp olive oil; freshly ground black pepper; 250 g flour; sea salt; 50 g butter; ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; beans for baking blind

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 55

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

Beautifully smoky-sweet and delicate, Tarte à l’Oignon is perfect as a main course with a summer salad, or as an autumn starter.

Ingredients

For the pastry

250 g flour
175 g butter, cut into small pieces
2

Method

To make the pastry, put the flour in a bowl, add the butter, and rub together with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Using a round-bladed knife in a cutting motion, combine the egg yolks with the mix until a pastry ball forms. Turn out on a lightly floured surface and quickly knead until the pastry is even and smooth, then wrap and place in the fridge to chill for 30 minu