Cheeseboard & onion tart

Cheeseboard & onion tart

Use up remnants of cheese in this delicious tart - a mixture of blue, creamy and cheddar works well

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 5 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Put the flour, butter and salt into the bowl of a food processor, then pulse until the mix looks like fine crumbs. Splash in 4 tbsp cold water, then pulse to a dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface, shape into a smooth disc, then wrap and chill for at least 10 mins. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
  2. Roll pastry out on a floured surface until large enough to line a 23cm loose-bottomed tart tin. Line the tin with the pastry, leaving any excess pastry overhanging. Line with baking paper, then fill with baking beans. Bake on a baking sheet for 15 mins. Take out the paper and beans, then bake for 10 mins more until pale golden and cooked.
  3. While the pastry cooks, soften the onions in the oil over a medium heat for 10 mins until golden. Beat the eggs and cream together, then season to taste. Crumble up the hard cheeses and chop or pull the creamy cheese into small pieces. Scatter the cheese into the pastry case, add the onions, then pour in the egg mix. Turn the oven down to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3 and bake for 40 mins until set and lightly golden.

PER SERVING

603 kcalories, protein 13g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 49 g, saturated fat 26g, fibre 0g, sugar 5g, salt 1.18 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2009.

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  • 2008-12-27 14:39:29.859288

    valerie commented on this recipe

    change onions to leeks great

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  • 2008-12-29 12:11:13.150471

    cooks diary commented on this recipe

    This is such a good idea rather than eating your way through them all or throwing. Imay change onions to red ones .

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  • 2008-12-29 12:56:48.700564

    Mighty Bush commented on this recipe

    What are baking beans?

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  • 2008-12-29 14:30:27.873674

    Samantha commented on this recipe

    Baking Beans are ceramic beans that you use when you bake the pastry case blind. I use dried chickpeas which I keep in a tin for this use, and you can use again and again - cheaper than baking beans! This looks yummy especially with nicely caramalised onions.

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  • 2008-12-29 21:10:01.420914

    LISA rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICOUS BEST QUICHE/TART I HAVE EVER TASTED. SO NICE I MADE ANOTHER FOR XMAS TEATIME BUFFET IT WENT DOWN WELL

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  • 2008-12-31 15:32:38.375655

    rebekah commented on this recipe

    I made this quiche using a combination of Cornish Blue, Red Leicester and Cheddar. It was the easiest quiche I have ever made and the best. I shall definately make this again and will experiment with other cheeses.

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  • 2009-01-02 15:40:51.552727

    Julie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Used all the left over bits from Boxing Day ! Used a mix of white and red onions. Lovely !!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • 2009-01-03 06:53:31.724549

    blue eyes commented on this recipe

    Definately will do this one again. Lovely and easy and I loved being able to use up all the odd bits of cheese left over from the cheese board.

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  • 2009-01-03 13:52:05.382839

    Iain commented on this recipe

    This great and for a little etc taste add any bacon you may have left from bacon sandwiches on Boxing day

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  • 2009-01-04 11:41:06.117619

    Karen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Used all the leftover cheese to make this. I added red onions as suggested. First attempt at making quiche - it was easy peasy and delicious. Will definitely make again, like the idea of adding bacon.

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  • 2009-01-07 16:23:17.978549

    Juno commented on this recipe

    I made this as part of a buffet for a family Christmas party. It was delicious and went down a treat with everyone. I used bought in frozen pastry to make life a bit easier. I used stilton, brie and Dubliner cheese. No need to add much salt as the cheese is salty enough. I used 3 eggs and half milk half cream instead of all that cream. May try leeks instead of onions next time. Can see myself making this again and again.

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  • 2009-01-08 09:07:06.327594

    Loubob rated and commented on this recipe

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    A fantastic flavour is achieved by slowly cooking the onions and using a good mix of cheeses. I used stilton, creamy lancashire and mature cheddar. The most delicious savoury tart ever, I'd say!

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  • 2009-01-12 12:02:53.821377

    Claire rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this over christmas and i will be making it again, i like the idea of trying leeks and the half milk half cream one sounds good too

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  • 2009-01-12 12:16:37.505984

    Anneli rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious - both hot and cold for lunch the next day. I would add more stilton (I didn't have enough when I made it) and I like the idea of red onions and leeks.

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  • 2009-01-17 18:49:55.609449

    skatingjulie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely fabulous ! One of the tastiest quiche I have had and will definitely make it again.

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  • 2009-02-11 09:28:21.27555

    Leamac83 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this with leftover cheese and it was great. I had cheddar, wensleydale with cranberries and 5 countys, i used red onion instead of white and it was so so so so good!!! It was the first time id made pastry and it was a doddle!! Will be doing this again very soon!

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  • 2009-04-22 18:52:41.12694

    Karen commented on this recipe

    Quantities for cheese please?????

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  • 2009-04-22 23:03:54.699472

    cmf-foodfile commented on this recipe

    I love the idea of this, Again, because hubby is diabetic, controlled by diet (supposed to be), can anyone help with advice how to incorporate oats or oatmeal into the pastry?

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  • 2009-04-23 08:00:08.808225

    Tom Cookbook commented on this recipe

    The cheese ingredients of this recipe has a copy error, reading it did not make sense.

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  • 2009-04-26 13:32:49.648408

    fishnchips rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    One of my "have it on hand" favs. I have used combinations of any cheeses I have on hand and all have worked well together. I have added leftover roasted red pepper and it added a great flavor and a pretty color. Oh ya one more thing I add a couple teaspoons of mustard to the egg, milk ( not cream usually) mixture. Good good good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 5 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

FOR THE PASTRY

  • 250g plain flour , plus extra for rolling
  • 125g butter , cold and cubed
  • ½ tsp salt

FOR THE FILLING

  • 2 onions , sliced into rings
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 284ml pot double cream
  • 250g cheese - I used a third each Stilton, Brie and cheddar
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PER SERVING

603 kcalories, protein 13g, carbohydrate 30g, fat 49 g, saturated fat 26g, fibre 0g, sugar 5g, salt 1.18 g

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