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SMOKEY THREE CHEESE & CHIVE TART

Course: afternoontea, Main Course, parties, picnics, Snack
Cuisine: Australian
Keyword: Cheese, cheeseandchive, cheesetart, chocolate tart, savory, savorytart, threecheese
Author: Laura | Open Garage

Equipment

  • you will need a 23cm/9in fluted loose-bottomed tart tin, 3.5cm/1¼in deep.

Ingredients

  • 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium brown onion, diced
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 190 ml double cream
  • 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
  • 1 tbsp chives, chopped
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 80 g Beston vintage block yellow cheddar cheese, grated
  • 80 g Bella Vitano Cinnamon cheese, grated
  • 80 g Parmesan Cheese, grated
  • 1 tsp Olsson's red gum smoked salt optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 200C.
  • Heat the oil in a frypan. Add onion and cook over low medium heat for 2- 3 minutes or until onion is soft golden brown. Set aside to cool.
  • Line the base and sides your tart pan with puff pastry, overlapping pastry where needed, pressing gently to form a good seal and ensuring pastry goes to edge of pan. Trim excess pastry from edges. Prick the base all over with a fork.
  • Line the pastry with baking parchment or foil and then fill with baking beans, or uncooked rice or lentils.
  • Bake blind for 15 minutes, then remove the parchment and baking beans and return the pastry to the oven for about 8-10 minutes or until it looks dry and faintly coloured.  Remove from oven and allow to stand 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 180C.
  • For the filling, whisk the eggs, egg yolks, cream, mustard and chives together. Season with salt and a pinch of pepper. Add Olssons salt, if using and the cooled onion mixture and stir to combine.
  • Pour the mixture into the pastry case and cook for 25-30 minutes, or until the filling is just set and golden-brown. Leave to cool in the tin for five minutes before removing, then serve warm or cold.