Caramelized Onion And Goat Cheese Bites

Caramelized onion pastry bite on white plate with goat cheese.

5 from 4 votes

Caramelized Onion And Goat Cheese Bites

Caramelized Onion And Goat Cheese Bites are jam packed with flavor! With juicy homemade onions and creamy goat cheese in flaky pastry.

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Total Time55

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Western

Keyword: caramelized onion goat cheese bites

Servings:

Calories: 148kcal

Author: Adrianne

Ingredients

Caramelized onions

2 large brown onions Note 1
2 tablespoons olive oil
20 grams/1 tablespoon butter unsalted, chopped into small pieces
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Pastry

2-3 sheets puff pastry thawed, Note 2
100 grams/3.5 oz goat cheese Note 3

To serve (optional):

balsamic glaze
thyme

Instructions

Caramelized onions: use a sharp knife and chopping board to peel and slice the onions into thin rings. Once done, use your fingers to separate the onions into individual rings. Next place a large sauce pan onto the stove top, add the olive oil and turn the heat to high. Add the onions and then use a wooden spoon to stir for 8-10 minutes. Once this initial cook time is up turn the heat to low. Next add the butter, balsamic vinegar and brown sugar then stir to combine. Let the onions keep cooking on low heat for an additional 15 to 20 minutes and stir them occasionally during this time. Once they have caramelized with the liquids being absorbed, turn the heat off.
Blitz: let the onions cool slightly, then transfer them into the food processor and blitz for mere seconds to chop them up slightly.
Preheat the oven: preheat the oven to 180°C / 350-375°F / Gas Mark 4-5. Note 4
Pastry: place a thawed sheet of puff pastry onto a clean, dry chopping board. Then use a pizza cutter to slice it into 16 even squares. Repeat for a 2nd sheet.
Muffin tin: grease a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Then place the squares of pastry onto the top of each hole. Use a twisting motion to push the pastry down and into the base of the tin. Then repeat for all holes. Next use a fork and prick the base of each pastry cup.
Filling: use a teaspoon and spoon a small amount of the blitz caramelized onions into the pastry. Repeat for all holes. Next crumble the goat cheese over the top of the onions and repeat for all of the bites.
Bake: next place the mini muffin tin into the oven on the middle shelf. Let the goat cheese bites bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Once done, use an oven mitt to remove the muffin tin and place it onto a heatproof surface. Let the bites cool for a couple of minutes and then use a teaspoon to gently remove them and place on a wire cooling rack.
To serve; drizzle a little bit of balsamic glaze over the bites and sprinkle with thyme leaves.

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Notes

Note 1 - Onions: you can use either 2 brown onions, 2 red onions or 1 of each. All of these combinations will work.
Note 2 - Puff Pastry: if you are making the caramelized onions on the same day as the goat cheese bites, keep the puff pastry in the fridge until you are ready to use it. Otherwise if it is sitting on the bench it will become sticky and tacky. It doesn't take too long to thaw, so another option is simply to remove it from the freezer after you have finished caramelising the onions before you blitz them and wait for it to thaw.
Note 3 - Goat Cheese: this is a very soft cheese. As such we want to only take it out of the fridge when we are ready to use it. If it sits on the bench too long it will become smudge like when you crumble it between your fingers. So after you have filled the pastry with the onions, grab it out, remove the packaging and crumble it over the top. You can try using a teaspoon but I find crumbing in your finger tips works the best.
Note 4 - Oven: also with the oven whilst we want to preheat it so that it is ready to cook the bites when we are ready to cook them, we don't need it on for the 30 minutes that it will take to cook the onions. So again, you can do this step after you have caramelised the onions.

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