Onion Tart #3
Ingredients
- 6 oz plain flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 oz butter or margarine
- 1 egg yolk
filling:
- 2 oz butter
- 4 onions halved and thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 3 eggs beaten
- 2 oz grated Parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper
- 7 floz single cream
Instructions
- Sift flour and salt together, add butter or margarine and rub in until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Mix to a firm dough with egg yolk and 4 - 5 tsp cold water. Wrap and chill for 30 mins.
- Melt butter in a large pan and fry onions for 10 -12 mins until soft. Leave to cool.
- Preheat oven 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a 23 cm (9 in) fluted flan tin.
- Line pastry with greaseproof paper, add baking beans and bake blind for 15 mins.
- Lower oven temp to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Remove beans and paper and return pastry case to oven for 5 mins.
- Raise oven temp to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Mix together onions, flour, eggs, cheese, seasoning and cream.
- Add to pastry case and cook for 25 - 30 mins.
- If you want to serve the tart warm, it will taste best if you allow it to stand for about 15 mins after
- removing from oven.
Calories: 523 kcal
Carbohydrates: 31 g
Protein: 12 g
Fat: 40g
Saturated Fat: 24 g
Trans Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 222 mg
Sodium: 589 mg
Potassium: 224 mg
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 3 g
Vitamin A: 1303 IU
Vitamin C: 6 mg
Calcium: 173 mg
Iron: 2 mg