Onion tarte tatin

Tam West

This easy-to-make canape has been one of the best selling items on the menu at The Great Catering Company this year. You can steam the onions three days in advance and the tarts could be baked the day before and reheated for serving. For variation, try it with sliced, lightly steamed fennel instead of onion.

Ingredients

12	Onions, pickling (Main)
1 Tbsp	Brown sugar
1 tsp	Salt
6 sprigs	Thyme
120 g	Butter
1 sheet	Butter puff pastry
60 g	Goat's cheese

Directions

1. Heat oven to 170C. Steam pickling onions for 5 minutes.
2. In small muffin trays add a pinch of sugar, salt, thyme and a knob of butter. Place a peeled onion in each muffin hole and cut puff pastry to fit on top.
3. Bake for 15 minutes, turn out of moulds, crumble goat's cheese on top and serve.