In my opinion, the only thing that can beat a cheese and onion tart is a Cheese board & Onion Tart! Rather than simply using one or two types of cheese, I like to mix three cheeses into this tart filling – making it a melted cheese board! You can buy the cheese if you don’t have any, but this is actually a great dish to make if you have leftover cheeses from a cheeseboard.
Start by making a simple pastry crust. Bake it in the oven with baking beans. Sauté onions and break cheese into bite size chunks. You can use any cheese combination which takes your fancy – I used a third each of Gouda, Brie and Cheddar. To make the filling, whisk eggs and cream, salt and pepper in a bowl. Scatter the cheese and onion at the bottom of a pre-baked pastry crust and pour in the creamy filling. Bake.
To make my Cheese board & Onion Tart, you will need the following ingredients:
Pulse 250 grams of flour, 125 grams of butter and ½ a teaspoon of salt in a food processor, until it resembles fine crumbs. Add 4 tablespoons of cold water and continue to pulse until you have dough. Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Shape into a smooth disc. Wrap and place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 355 °F.
Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface. When it is large enough to line a 9 inch loose-bottomed baking pan, press it into the pan and leave any excess pastry hanging over the edge.
Line the pastry crust with parchment paper and fill with baking beans. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Remove the beans and paper and continue to cook for 10 more minutes until the pastry is golden. Use a knife to trim the edges of the pastry until they are even.
Reduce the heat of the oven to 320 °F.
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan. Sauté 2 sliced onions for 10 minutes over medium heat until soft and golden.
Whisk 2 eggs and a pot of heavy cream together. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Crumble any hard cheeses (Gouda, Cheddar) and chop or pull apart creamy cheese (Brie) so that you have small pieces. Scatter the cheese pieces onto the pastry crust.
Scatter the onions onto the cheese and pour in the egg and cream filling.
Bake the cheeseboard tart for 40 minutes until it is set and golden on top.
Serve warm.
This Cheese board & Onion Tart recipe is a delicious cheesy dish which you make when you have a selection of cheeses to us up! Try making this tart soon and please come back to leave a review.
With some sourcream it's even better.
What's the difference between this one and the smoky cheese and onion tart?..
