Apple and onion tart

Name: Apple and onion tart
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 3 Onions; 3 sour apples (e.g. Elstar); 25 g Butter; 1 TABLESPOON Cane sugar; 3-4 Stem(s) Thyme; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 1 package (270 g) Fresh butter puff pastry sweet or savoury Kipferl and Golatschen (ready to bake rectangular rolled out on baking paper; 42 x 24 cm; refrigerated shelf); 50 g Cheddar cheese; 1 Egg Yolk

AUTHOR
Isreal Robertson

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
35 mins

TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 12

3 Onions
3 sour apples (e.g. Elstar)
25 g Butter
1 TABLESPOON Cane sugar
3-4 Stem(s) Thyme
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
1 package (270 g) Fresh butter puff pastry sweet or savoury Kipferl and Golatschen (ready to bake rectangular rolled out on baking paper; 42 x 24 cm; refrigerated shelf)
50 g Cheddar cheese
1 Egg Yolk

Directions

1
Peel onions and cut them into rings. Peel, quarter and slice apples. Melt butter in a pan. Fry the onions for about 2 minutes at low heat, stirring occasionally.
2
Add sugar and let it caramelize for another 2-3 minutes. Wash the thyme, shake dry and chop finely, except for a few stems for garnishing. Add apples and thyme to the onions. Steam for another 5 minutes.
3
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Leave to cool on a flat plate.
4
Take the puff pastry out of the refrigerator 5-10 minutes before use. Coarsely grate the cheese. Unroll puff pastry and cut in half crosswise. Place pieces on a baking tray. Spread onion and apple mixture evenly on both halves.
5
Leave a margin of approx. 1 cm all around. Sprinkle cheese over the topping. Whisk the egg yolks with 2 tbsp. water. Brush the edges of the dough and bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: see
6
manufacturer) Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool on a cake rack for about 5 minutes. Arrange warm on plates and cut into pieces.