Onion, Shallot and Chives Tart
Prep time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 40 mins
Serves: 4-6
Season: Summer, Autumn
Diet:
Ingredients
Pastry
• 150g flour
• 50g porridge oats
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 100g water
• Salt
Filling
• 5 large onions
• 3 shallots
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp sugar
• 200ml oat cream, soy cream or crème fraiche
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 4 tbsp chopped fresh chives
• Black ground pepper
Method
In a bowl, combine the flour, rolled oats and salt. Add the oil and water and mix. Form into a ball and leave to rest.
Thinly slice the onions and shallots.
In a frying pan, brown the onions and shallots over a medium heat in the olive oil with the sugar.
Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 7.
In a bowl, mix the cream with the salt and cornflour, season with pepper, nutmeg to taste and chives.
Roll out the pastry on a floured work surface or a sheet of baking paper and line a pie dish with it.
Prick the pastry, spread the chive cream over it and scatter the onions and shallots over it, then roll up the edges of the pastry.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
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