Smoky cheese & onion tart

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1. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Heat the butter in a frying pan until sizzling, then add the bacon and cook for 6 mins until just starting to crisp. Add the onions and sweat for 10 mins until soft, sticky and golden. Pour in the cream, take off the heat and leave to cool a little.
2. Meanwhile, roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to a rectangle a little larger than this magazine and transfer to a baking tray. Roll the edges up and press down to create a raised border.
3. Tip the creamy onions into a bowl. Mix in the grated cheese and most of the beaten egg. Spread the mixture over the pastry, then scatter over the tomatoes and crumbled cheese. Brush the borders with the remaining beaten egg, then bake for 20 mins until golden. Leave to cool, then cut into squares. Enjoy warm with salad or cold on a picnic.

759 kcalories, protein 18g, carbohydrate 47g, fat 57 g, saturated fat 27g, fibre 3g, salt 2.32 g

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• JOOLES

  15 July 2009

  JOOLES commented on this recipe

  WOW!!! this looks amazing and really really easy. I have some lovely crumbly cheddar in the fridge at the moment so that would be perfect for this. We grow our own veg so have plenty of red onions at the mo, so i think id use those. It doesn't say red onions in the list of ingredients but i cant see that being a problem? And i can use ready made pastry, YAY!!!! cos im rubbish at making my own, how ever many times i try... x

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• cmf-foodfile

  15 July 2009

  cmf-foodfile commented on this recipe

  I make a version of this, but without the pastry. It's just basically a cheesy baked egg, and lovely with salads, garlic bread, whatever. The cheesy baked egg - beat your eggs (depends how many folk it's for), and in milk and/or some cream, and seasonings (eg coarse-grain mustard, maggi, some soft herby cream cheese if you have any in the fridge, maybe a dash of tabasco, and some garlic). Grate a load of cheddar or red leicester into a glass oven dish. Add any pre-cooked veg, like fired onion, peas, cooked finely diced peppers, whatever. Beat the egg mnix again, then pour over the cheese and veg. Put into a preheated oven (Gas 4) until the centre is nearly set. Then, if you want extra cheese, grate or slice it ovr the top and return to the oven till the centre is set.

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• cmf-foodfile

  15 July 2009

  cmf-foodfile commented on this recipe

  PS Sorry - I should have added this to the cheesy baked egg. Serve with salads, especially a tomato salad. Garlic bread is quicker and easier for me than pastry (even ready made). And the bread can go on the bottom shelf while the egg is cookng. Then vry near the end, they can be swapped round.

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• Jess

  20 July 2009

  Jess commented on this recipe

  Made this for a picnic - only complaint is that i would recommend you roll it larger than it suggests before rolling up the edges otherwise its slightly too thick and doesn't cook the pastry fully (and bits of the egg mixture spill out!)

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• Lornmink

  23 July 2009

  Lornmink rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was lovely! Used 2 eggs and made 1 large 12" round and 1 small 7" which I froze. I used quite a lot of cheese in mine and they were amazing - really easy to make

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• Claire

  29 July 2009

  Claire rated and commented on this recipe

  

  really easy and so lovely

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• schubun

  03 August 2009

  schubun rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Not a fan of this I'm afraid, I was going to make this for a picnic but I had already made too much fun. I'm glad I didn't as I made this for lunch yesterday and found it to be quite wet, which wouldn't have been good picnic food. Cooked it for over 20 minutes as the pastry wasn't quite cooked properly underneath as the mixture is quite wet, was okay but wouldn't make it again.

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• Frantic Flapjack

  12 August 2009

  Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I took schubun's comment into account and pre-cooked the pastry for 10 minutes in a hot oven which seemed to do the trick. It turned out really well. You could also reduce the cream a little. I also added some brown sugar to the onions which helped to caramelise them. This tart was lovely.

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• rebecca

  10 September 2009

  rebecca rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I also pre-cooked the pastry for 10 minutes and also added sugar to the onions. We really enjoyed this recipe and felt it was a great store cupboard recipe which will make again.

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• sneauxdrop

  21 September 2009

  sneauxdrop rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really tasty and quick to pull together. The other posters are quite correct in the prebaking of the pastry. I forgot this in my haste. Will make again.

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• ella

  03 October 2009

  ella rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just finished eating this tart went down really well...I added some sesame seeds on top...really happy with it!

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• bert

  10 October 2009

  bert commented on this recipe

  I play Bridge socially on Thursday evenings and the group of friends that I play with each contribute a light snack to enjoy midway through the evening. I made this tart this week and it was one of the easiest and most delicious recipes I have ever made . I used onions from my allotment, and tomatoes I have grown in my greenhouse. I used unsmoked bacon as this was all I had available, but I am sure this did not make it any less delicious. I shall make this regularly.

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Ingredients

• small knob of butter
• 6 rashers smoked bacon , chopped into pieces
• 3 onions , thinly sliced
• 200ml double cream
• 500g block shortcrust pastry (all-butter has the best flavour)
• plain flour , for duting
• 140g hard farmhouse cheese , such as cheddar, half grated, half crumbled
• 1 egg , beaten
• 140g cherry tomatoes , halved

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Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Cook 45 mins

Ingredients

• small knob of butter
• 6 rashers smoked bacon , chopped into pieces
• 3 onions , thinly sliced
• 200ml double cream
• 500g block shortcrust pastry (all-butter has the best flavour)
• plain flour , for duting
• 140g hard farmhouse cheese , such as cheddar, half grated, half crumbled
• 1 egg , beaten
• 140g cherry tomatoes , halved

759 kcalories, protein 18g, carbohydrate 47g, fat 57 g, saturated fat 27g, fibre 3g, salt 2.32 g

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