ONION & GOAT'S CHEESE TARTE TATINS

Onion & goat's cheese tarte tatins image

Individual tarte Tatin-style bakes with puff pastry, caramelised onions, thyme and ash goat's cheese make a sumptuous vegetarian lunch or dinner party starter

Provided by Tom Kerridge

Time 1h45m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

100g golden caster sugar
50ml cider vinegar
vegetable oil , for frying
3 large white onions , halved
6 thyme sprigs , plus extra picked thyme leaves to serve
320g sheet all-butter ready-rolled puff pastry
150g ash goat's cheese log, sliced into six discs

Steps:

Line a baking tray with baking parchment. Put the sugar in a heavy-based saucepan and melt over a medium heat. Cook to a dark caramel, occasionally swirling the pan gently to help melt any remaining sugar and get an even colour. Add the vinegar, stir to combine, and pour into the tray, spreading it out. Leave to cool.
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Add a splash of oil to an ovenproof frying pan over a medium-high heat. Lay the onions cut-side down and fry until blackened and just starting to burn, about 5 mins. Add the thyme sprigs, then transfer to the oven and bake for 25 mins. Once the onions are tender, remove from the pan. Space them out evenly, cut-side down, on the caramel and leave to cool.
Once the onions are cool, cut the pastry into six equal discs, each large enough to cover an onion half. Cover the onions with the pastry, tucking it under slightly. Put the tray in the fridge for 1 hr so that the pastry firms up a bit.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the onion tarts for 20 mins, then reduce heat to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and bake for 10 mins more.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool. Once cool enough to handle, turn the tarts so the onions are now facing up. Lay a slice of goat's cheese on top of each and bake for a further 10 mins. Remove from the oven and sprinkle over a few thyme leaves to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 414 calories, Fat 22 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 43 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 25 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.8 milligram of sodium