red onion and goats cheese tart.

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♥ two red onions, chopped
♥ one small goats cheese
♥ five eggs
♥ 150ml milk
♥ ready to roll shortcrust pastry

 

both this red onion and goats cheese tart and the asparagus and cheddar tart below made up my starter this christmas day. we went over to my grandparents this year, with me providing the starter, my grandma in charge of the main event, my mum and sister in charge of desserts and my aunt bringing along a fab cheese board.

 

so for this tart, you follow the same whisking eggs and milk together for the tart. then, for the filling, add the chopped onion followed by the egg and milk mixture.

 

for the sheet of pastry to fit, you can see (to my mother's horror) i went for a rustic look. i laid the pastry sheet on top as i came in a rectangle, then tore off any excess and played jigsaw with the pastry.

 

i then baked for around 25 minutes at 200 degrees and once set (ish) placed the slices of cheese on top and baked for another 10 minutes, or until the crust and goats cheese rind goes golden. mmmmm!

 

homemade cheddar cheese, chive and red onion tartlets.

these are a really quick and easy idea for party food. they take less than 30 mins to make and you can use any filling! 

begin by making basic shortcrust pastry and cutting it into circles with a cookie cutter. if you don't have one you could always use the rim of a mug, tall glass or even a dressing bottle. you then put them in foil cases which you can get from most big supermarkets.

you then beat an egg and a splash of milk together and pour into the cases. i would say 1 egg per six tarts. and finally sprinkle with your favourite flavouring :) personally i love anything with red onion but would love to try this with asparagus and salmon or broccoli and stilton!