Onion Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into bits
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening, cut into bits
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 ounces sliced bacon, chopped
• 2 lbs onions, sliced thin
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup cream
• 4 large eggs, beaten lightly
• nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 make pastry shell: blend flour, butter, shortening and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal; stir in 1/3 cup ice water and form dough into a ball.
• 2 flatten ball slightly, dust with flour and chill it, wrapped in plastic wrap, for 30 minutes.
• 3 roll our 1/8 inch thick on a lightly-floured work surface.
• 4 fit into an 11 inch tart pan with a removable rim and trim the edge.
• 5 prick shell all over with a fork and chill for 30 minutes.
• 6 line with foil and fill with pie weights or dry beans.
• 7 bake shell on a baking sheet in the lower-third of preheated 400f oven for 10 minutes.
• 8 remove beans and foil and bake 5 minutes longer.
• 9 remove from oven.
• 10 maintain oven temperature.
• 11 for filling: cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring, until golden and transfer to paper towels to drain.
• 12 pour off fat and cook onions in butter with salt and pepper over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until they are soft.
• 13 add flour and cook mixture, stirring, for 1 minute.
• 14 stir in cream and bacon, bring just to simmer, remove from heat and cool 10 minutes.
• 15 add eggs in a stream, stirring quickly so they don’t curdle, and season with nutmeg and salt and pepper.
• 16 pour into prepared pastry shell and bake on baking sheet for 35-40 minutes, or until top is golden-brown.