Best 4 Onion Cheese And Bacon Tart Recipes

ONION, CHEESE, AND BACON TART

Steps:

• For crust:
• Blend flour and salt in processor. Add butter and shortening; using on/off turns, cut in until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 2 tablespoons ice water and process until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Roll out dough on lightly floured work surface to 11-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of pan. Pierce crust all over with fork. Freeze 10 minutes. Line crust with foil; fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake crust 10 minutes. Remove foil and beans. Bake until crust is set and partially cooked through, about 15 minutes longer. Cool crust while making filling. Maintain oven temperature.
• For filling:
• Sauté bacon in medium skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 4 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Add onion and pinch of sugar to drippings in skillet and sauté until onion is deep golden brown, about 20 minutes. Whisk cream, egg, egg yolk, pepper, salt, and nutmeg in small bowl to blend. Spread onion over bottom of baked crust; sprinkle bacon over, then cheese. Pour cream mixture over.
• Bake until tart is puffed and filling is set, about 25 minutes. Cool tart on rack 10 minutes. Remove pan sides. Serve warm or at room temperature.

FLAMMEKUECHE (THIN-CRUSTED CHEESE, ONION AND BACON TART)

Steps:

• Combine the water, yeast and one cup of the flour in a large mixing bowl. Stir until thoroughly blended and set aside to proof the yeast, about five minutes.
• Once proofed, add the salt, then begin adding the remaining flour, little by little, until the dough is too stiff to stir. Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and begin kneading, adding additional flour if the dough is too sticky. Knead until the dough is smooth and satiny, about 10 minutes.
• Once kneaded, place the dough in a bowl, cover, and let rise at room temperature until double in bulk, about one hour.
• Punch down and let rise again, covered, until double in bulk, about one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• Combine the onions, cheese, creme fraiche, salt and pepper and let sit for 15 minutes to soften the onions.
• Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle to fit a large baking sheet, measuring about 12 1/2 by 15 inches. Place the dough on the baking sheet.
• Spread the onion mixture over the dough right to the edge. Sprinkle the bacon evenly over the top, then sprinkle generously with pepper.
• Bake just until the dough is crisp, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

SAUTEED CALVES LIVER WITH BACON, ONION AND MAYTAG BLUE CHEESE TART

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in medium skillet over medium high heat. Lightly flour liver and place in pan and sear for 5 seconds and flip. Add arugula and garlic and quickly saute Deglaze with balsamic vinegar and serve over onion tart, recipe follows.
• For the Tart: Render diced bacon until crispy. Add butter, onion, rosemary and cook until tender. Season with salt and pepper. Roll out dough and plate filling in middle and top with blue cheese. Fold over edges and bake in a preheated 500 degree oven until golden brown, approximately 10 to 12 minutes. Serve with calves liver.

ONION CHEESE AND BACON TART

Steps:

• FOR CRUST Blend flour and salt in processor. Add butter and shortening, using on/off turns, cut in until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 2 TBLS ice water and process until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball, flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for at least one hour. Preheat oven to 400 F. Roll out dough on lightly floured work surface to 11 inch round. Transfer to 9 inch tart pan with removable bottom. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of pan. Pierce crust all over with fork. Freeze 10 minutes. Line crust with foil, fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake crust 10 minutes. Remove foil and beans. Bake until crust is set and partially cooked through, about 15 minutes longer. Cool crust while making filling. Maintain oven temperature. FOR FILLING Saute bacon in medium skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 4 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Add onion and pinch of sugar to drippings in skillet and saute until onion is deep golden brown, about 20 minutes. Whisk cream, egg, egg yolk, pepper, salt and nutmeg in small bowl to blend. Spread onion over bottom of baked crust, sprinkle bacon over, then cheese. Pour cream mixture over. Bake until tart is puffed and filling is set, about 25 minutes. Cool tart on rack 10 minutes. Remove pan sides. Serve warm or at room temperature.