Goat Cheese Tart with Tomato Salad and Olive Tapenade

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

goat cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Feta is lower in fat, while cream cheese is more affordable.

Make tart dough by combining 1 and 3/4 cups all-purpose unbleached flour and 1 teaspoon diamond kosher salt in a food processor.

Add 10 tablespoons of unsalted butter, cut into pieces, to the flour and pulse until the butter is the size of peas.

Add 2 extra large egg yolks and 3 tablespoons of ice water through the feed tube while the machine is running until the dough comes together.

Bring the dough together on a floured surface, ensuring it is moist but not sticky, and refrigerate for about 1 hour.

Slice 1 large sweet onion and 2 shallots thinly for caramelizing.

Heat olive oil in a sauté pan, add the onions, 2 sprigs of fresh thyme, and 1 bay leaf, seasoning with about 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt.

Sauté the onions on low heat, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes, then uncover and continue cooking for 30 minutes to an hour until tender and sweet.

Prepare the cherry tomato salad by slicing a basket of cherry tomatoes in half and mincing 1/2 shallot finely.

Add the minced shallot to the tomatoes, along with about 1 tablespoon of fresh chives, kosher salt, black pepper, a squeeze of lemon juice, and extra virgin olive oil to taste.

For the olive tapenade, slice 1/2 cup of kalamata olives in half to check for pits, then blend with 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil using an immersion blender until mixed well.

Remove the tart dough from the refrigerator and roll it out to fit a tart pan, trimming any excess.

Spread the caramelized onions evenly over the tart dough, then top with goat cheese if desired, and pour the egg mixture over the top.

Bake the tart in a preheated oven until golden and set, then let it cool slightly before serving with the tomato salad and olive tapenade.

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