Tomato & Basil Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 9 inch pie shell
• 3 tablespoons sweet butter (or salted butter)
• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• 2 lbs tomatoes, peeled,seeded and chopped or 4 cups seeded canned tomatoes or 5 cups unseeded canned tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 teaspoons dried basil (or 2 tbsp fresh basil)
• 1 1/2 finely sliced green onions (or green peppers)

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in frying pan.
• 2 add onions and cook until transparent.
• 3 strain tomatoes (if using canned leave some liquid, don't strain them dry) and add to onions.
• 4 cook over low heat until tomatoes are reduced to a pulp.
• 5 remove from heat and cool.
• 6 beat together cream and eggs.
• 7 add cooled tomato mixture and season with salt, pepper, basil and green onions.
• 8 line tart pan (or pie plate) with pastry and bake at 350 for 5 minutes.
• 9 add filling and bake for 30-35 minutes or until filling is set and knife inserted in centre comes out clean.