French Onion Tarte Tatin Recipe with Hidden Goat's Cheese

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while maintaining flavor.

puff pastry

🥗Healthier: phyllo dough

💰Cheaper: homemade pastry dough

Phyllo dough is lower in calories and can be more economical.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

balsamic vinegar

🥗Healthier: red wine vinegar

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Red wine vinegar offers a similar acidity with fewer calories.

Peel and cut the onions into thin slices.

Heat a large knob of butter and some olive oil in a 23 centimeter non-stick cake pan over medium heat.

Cook the onions for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they are soft.

Add freshly chopped rosemary or thyme to the onions.

Place the goat's cheese on top of the onions, using three thick slices from two cheeses.

Add a few turns of black pepper over the cheese.

Tuck the puff pastry around the onions, ensuring it is larger than the pan.

Prick the pastry to allow steam to escape.

Bake in the oven for the same amount of time as the individual tartlets.

Toast some walnuts in a pan while the tart is baking.

Once baked, place a serving plate larger than the pan over the top and carefully turn the tart upside down onto the plate.

Serve with a side salad of lamb's lettuce drizzled with walnut oil or olive oil and white balsamic vinegar, topped with toasted walnuts.

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