Rustic Caramelized Onion Tarts

Week 22

This week's host was Michelle she choose Rustic Caramelized Onion Tarts. Recipe on page 422-423 of our book.

Looking at this recipe made me kind of nervous. Reading the full name, which is, Rustic Caramelized Onion Tarts with Blue Cheese and Walnuts, it sounded way out there. What I mean is the combination of foods sounded a little odd. I promised to give this baking club my all so I baked the tart this week. 

Reading through the recipe I noticed that there were two different combinations of tarts besides the one named above. The one I choose was called Rustic Caramelized Onion Tarts with potatoes, goat cheese, and rosemary. Yummy, goat cheese and potatoes. We make a potato crust pizza with goat cheese that is delicious. (Recipe on left-hand side of blog.) Plus I had red potatoes on hand.  That was the winner. At this point, I can say, I was looking forward a bit more to baking this week.

Now for the dough. The recipe said we could make their pizza dough (recipe on page 137 of our book) or buy one. Not going to lie, buying one sounded really easy and a guarantee of a good crust. When it came time to baking I couldn't buy a crust to use in my "baking club" so I made the whole wheat version of the pizza crust. Here is a little foreshadowing. . .the crust turned out amazing. I have made this crust a couple times already but this time it turned out extra fluffy, soft, and crusty on the outside. (I think it was my new mixer and new pizza pan or maybe I am improving as a baker.) Both are good.

So the toppings on our tart are: red potatoes, red onions, and fresh rosemary. Yummy!

The recipe was real simple (which I love) and didn't take long to make other then letting the dough rise. We ate it for dinner on Saturday night.

I must say that this recipe gave me the biggest surprise of anything we have baked so far. I really really enjoyed it. It's great to try something out of the ordinary. Sometimes eating the same thing over and over again gets boring. This recipe definitely spiced it up. Unfortunately, I was the only one in my family that like it. So sad. :( Don't know when I will make it again but hope that there is somebody else to make it for sometime. Thanks Michelle for hosting and trying something different.

A Tip & A Question:

1. Baking at 500 degrees is to hot and will burn your food. I baked my tart at 450 for 15 minutes. The recipe wanted us to bake it at 500 for 10 minutes. I guess this would work if you oven elements weren't very good.
2. A pizza dough and a tart dough are the same thing?