Sweet caramelized onions, creamy Gorgonzola cheese and flaky puff pastry come together for an easy savory tart. Slice it up and serve as an appetizer at your next get-together.
If you haven't been to Kevin of Closet Cooking's blog, you must do so immediately after you read this post. He produces the most innovative recipes, accompanied by fantastic photos. Oh yeah, and he's a fellow Canadian. However, he is from the eastern side of Canada, where they tend to end many of the sentences with "eh". Ah well, we'll forgive him for that. Big of me, isn't it? I'm sure he has a few western Canada barbs he could send my way.
Recently Kevin featured an Asparagus and Gruyere Tart, using store-bought puff pastry as the crust. Once I read about this recipe, along with his tomato tart and strawberry tart, I was inspired to dream up my own toppings for a puff pastry tart. So, that's just what I did. I had several lonely-looking onions sitting in my pantry and some creamy Gorgonzola cheese in my fridge. Since Gorgonzola can be quite sharp and salty, I thought a perfect foil would be some sweet caramelized onions. We paired this dish with a green salad for a light dinner, but it would work just as well as a side dish or an appetizer (think little wedges).
verna
I picked up the Safeway brand of Caralelized Onion & Gorgonzola Pastry Puffs... enjoyed them so much that I googled for a recepie and found your blog.... with directions.... thanks.... this will make a good alternative for pizza....
pTsaldari
Really enjoyed your blog especially the caramelized onion gorgonzola. Excellent! Shall be sure to visit you again for more of your foodie magic. Thank you for sharing,
Cheers, PT
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kitchenwizard
What a great idea to use gorgonzola, instead of more common goat cheese. Thanks for the recipe!
I caramelize extra onions, and freeze the leftover in a ziploc bag w/ creases, so that I can break them off and use them in single-portion onion gratin soup in 10 min!
For caramelized onion freezing tips and recipe: http://kitchenwizard.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/
Tangled Noodle
Kevin site is definitely inspirational; you've come up with a delicious version of a savory tart!