Onion, Walnut & Mushroom Tarte Tatin
This makes a substantial main course that’s full of flavour and it can be prepared up to the baking stage a day in advance. If you want to serve this as a glamorous starter make individual tarts in Yorkshire pudding tins.
Ingredients
4 onions
3 tbsp olive oil
200g/8oz chestnut mushrooms, halved if large
2 tsp light muscovado sugar
50g/2oz walnuts
100g/4oz blue cheese, such as Stilton, or vegetarian blue cheese
250g/9oz puff pastry, defrost if frozen
Method
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Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Peel the onions and cut each into 6 wedges through the root. Heat the oil in a large pan, add onions, then gently fry for 20 mins until softened and lightly coloured.
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Add the mushrooms, sugar, salt and pepper and give it a good stir. gently cook, stirring now and then for a further 5 mins. stir in the walnuts. line the base of a 20-23cm sandwich cake tin (not loose-based) with baking parchment. spoon over the onion mixture and press it down lightly. Crumble the cheese over.
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Roll out the pastry and trim to a round, about 5cm larger than the tin. Put the pastry over the filling and tuck in the ends. Bake for 35-40 mins until the pastry is crisp and golden. Cool for 5 mins in the tin, then turn out onto a flat plate and cut into wedges. serve with a green salad.
PER SERVING
546 kcals, protein 13g, carbs 30g, fat 43g, sat fat 16g, fibre 3g, sugar 9g, salt 1.43g
