Deconstructed French Onion Soup Tartlet Food

FRENCH ONION TARTLETS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray both sides of bread and press bread into small 12 cup muffin tin. If you do not own a muffin tin, disposable tins are available on the baking aisle of market. Place bread in oven and toast until golden, 7 or 8 minutes. Remove and reserve.
• In a skillet, melt butter into oil. Add onions and bay leaf, season with thyme, salt and pepper. Cook onions until caramel colored, 15 to 18 minutes.
• Turn broiler on.
• Place spoonfuls of cooked onions in toasted bread cups. Discard bay leaf. Cover onions with cheese and set tarts under hot broiler to bubble and brown cheese. Serve hot.

DECONSTRUCTED FRENCH ONION SOUP TARTLET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil and butter together in a skillet over medium-high heat until the butter is melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Saute onion and garlic in the hot oil mixture until the onion begins to caramelize, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Pour white wine over the onion mixture; bring to a simmer and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add beef broth and thyme; cook until the liquid reduces in volume by half. Season the mixture with kosher salt and black pepper.
• Trim puff pastry and fit into a tart pan. Score a rim along the edge of the pastry. Puncture the center of the pastry with a fork. Spread the onion mixture over the pastry; top with Parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until the crust is golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.