Best Vidalia Onion Tart With Bacon Local Honey And Fresh Thyme Recipe Epicuriouscom Recipes

ONION AND BACON TART

Steps:

• Make dough:
• Stir together water, honey, and yeast in bowl of mixer and let stand until creamy, about 5 minutes. Add flour and salt and beat with paddle attachment at medium speed until a dough forms. Attach dough hook and knead dough at medium speed until dough no longer sticks to side of bowl, 10 to 15 minutes. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let dough rise at warm room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 4 hours. (Dough will be sticky.)
• Make topping:
• Put pizza stone in bottom third of oven and preheat oven to 450°F.
• Sprinkle bacon in a 12-inch skillet and add water. Cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until fat is rendered and bacon is translucent, about 6 minutes. Transfer bacon with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, then pour 1 tablespoon bacon fat into a 15- by 10- by 1-inch baking pan. Cool fat to warm, then grease pan with your fingers. Discard any remaining bacon fat and reserve skillet.
• With greased fingers, transfer dough to baking pan and stretch into a small rectangle. Continue to stretch until dough is a 10- by 8-inch rectangle, letting it rest about 3 minutes between stretches. (Dough will become more malleable as it rests.)
• Assemble and bake tart:
• Heat butter in reserved skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook onions with caraway seeds, pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, stirring occasionally, until onions are golden brown, about 20 minutes. Spread onions on a baking sheet and cool completely, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Stir together crème fraîche, thyme, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small bowl, then dollop over dough and spread evenly to edges with offset spatula. Sprinkle with bacon and onions.
• Bake tart in pan on stone until edges of crust are golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack until warm, about 10 minutes, before cutting. Serve warm.
• Available from The Baker's Catalogue (800-827-6836).

BACON, ONION AND CHEESE TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper.
• In a medium saute pan, cook the bacon over a medium-low heat until it begins to render, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the onions and cook until they begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Season with pepper. Set aside to let cool. Add the thyme to the cooled bacon-onion mixture.
• In a bowl, combine the farmer's cheese, creme fraiche, egg yolk and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
• Flour a flat surface and place the puff pastry on top. Flour the top and gently roll into a 13-by-18-inch rectangle. Cut the pastry in half and transfer each to a lined sheet pan. Using a fork, dock the puff pastry (pierce it slightly with the tines), leaving a 1-inch border untouched.
• Divide the cheese mixture between the two sheets of pastry and spread evenly on the docked area. Top each tart with half of the bacon-onion mixture.
• Place the tarts in the oven on the lower racks and bake, rotating halfway through, until the crusts are dark golden, about 25 minutes. Garnish with the pecorino and chives.

VIDALIA ONION PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix crackers and 4 tablespoons butter in bowl until well blended. Press mixture on bottom and 1 inch up sides of 8-inch pie plate.
• Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add onions and sauté until tender, about 12 minutes. Arrange onions in cracker crust. Beat milk, eggs and salt in medium bowl until blended. Season with pepper. Pour egg mixture over onions in crust. Sprinkle cheese over filling. Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake pie until knife inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Garnish with parsley and serve.

VIDALIA ONION PIE WITH BACON AND CHEESE

Steps:

• MAKE THE PASTRY: In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. With a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter in until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Blend in the sour cream. Sprinkle on 1 tablespoon of the water and work it into the dough, adding up to 1 more tablespoon of water to form a dough that can be gathered into a ball. Pat the dough into a disc shape, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a 12-inch circle, then fit it into a 9-inch pie pan. Trim the overhang to an even 1/2-inch all the way around. fold the overhang over and crimp the dough to form a decorative border. Prick the bottom of the crust lightly with a fork. Refrigerate the pie shell for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line the pie shell with foil and fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove the foil and beans, and bake the pastry for 8 to 10 minutes longer, or until lightly golden. Remove the pie shell from the oven and reduce the the oven temperature to 375 degrees.
• MAKE THE FILLING: In a large skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. Reserving the fat in the skillet, drain the bacon on paper towels; crumble and set aside.
• In the bacon fat, saute the onions over medium heat until softened but not browned, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, sour cream, flour, nutmeg, and pepper.
• Spread the onions evenly over the bottom of the pie shell. Sprinkle the reserved bacon and the cheese evenly on top. Pour the custard mixture into the pie shell and bake for 20 minutes, or until the custard has set and the top is golden brown.
• Serve pie warm, garnished with the parsley.

VIDALIA ONION TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• In a large heavy skillet, saute butter and diced Vidalia onion. Cook until lightly caramelized. Remove from heat and whisk in sour cream. Slowly whisk in evaporated milk. Whisk in dry soup mix until completely incorporated. Whisk in eggs. Mix in the shredded cheese until blended. Spoon mixture into an unbaked pastry. Place pie on a cookie sheet and place into oven.
• Bake in preheated oven 40 to 45 minutes; or until a knife inserted comes out clean. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes.