Caramelised Onion Tarts

Goats cheese and caramelised onion tart with thyme on white plate.

5 from 2 votes

Caramelised Onion Tarts are super quick and easy to make! Full of flavor these tarts will disappear fast. Perfect as a 2 bite finger food they can get the party started right. These goats cheese and caramelised onion tarts are sweet, savory and sure to delight!

Prep Time8

Cook Time12

Total Time20

Course: Appetizer, canape, Snack

Cuisine: Western

Keyword: caramelised onion tarts

Servings:

Calories: 31kcal

Author: Adrianne

Ingredients

3 sheets short crust pastry Note 1
1 ½ cups caramelised onions Note 2
160 grams/5.6 oz goats cheese Note 3

To serve

balsamic glaze
thyme leaves removed from the stems

Instructions

Preheat your oven: to 180°C/400°F/gas 6.
Pastry: remove your shortcrust pastry from the freezer and let it soften at room temperature.
Tart pans: use unsalted butter to grease 2 x 12 hole patty pan tins.
Tart shells: use a 6.5 cm (2.5 inch) cookie cutter with fluted edge to cut the pastry into 24 rounds. Once done, place these cut rounds onto at the patty pan tin then use your fingers to gently push the pasty into the holes.
Filling: once all of the pastry has been pushed into the holes, use a teaspoon and spoon the caramelised onion into each shell. Next crumble goats cheese over the top of the caramelised onion.
Oven bake: place the 2 tart pans into the oven on the middle shelf and let the tarts cook for 12 minutes. Once the cook time is up, use an oven mitt to remove the tart pans from the oven and place them onto a heatproof surface. After a couple of minutes, use a teaspoon to gently remove each tart from the tin.
To serve: drizzle the caramelised onion tarts with balsamic glaze. Then sprinkle thyme leaves over the top.

Notes

Note 1 - Shortcrust pastry: we want to remove the pastry from the freezer to allow it to soften at room temperature before working with it. This will ensure that it is soft and flexible and won't crack. You will be able to get 9 tart shells per square of pastry. So to make 24 tarts, we need to use 3 sheets. There will be a small amount leftover on the 3rd sheet, however, this ensures that each shell is a full round and not cut and stuck together from 2 sheets.
Note 2 - Caramelized onions: I like to make my caramelised onions the day before. This means on the day all you need to do is to bring your tarts together. I use my 'quick caramelised onions recipe' and store them in the fridge in an airtight container. If you want to make them on the same day, add 30 minutes to the total recipe time and let the onions cool slightly. Then when you have finished cooking them allow to cool slightly before adding them to the raw pastry.
Note 3: Goat's cheese: this is a delightful sweet cheese made from, you guessed it Goat's milk. It is very soft and squishes when cut. For this reason, I recommend crumbling it over the top as opposed to trying to slice it and place pieces over the top. Simply add the cheese to a small bowl, push it together with a fork and then crumble chunks in your fingers and sprinkle.

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