Onion Tartlets a La Monica Recipe

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Onion Tartlets a La Monica
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 -4 tbsp cold water
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 medium onions, sliced thin
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup milk

Directions:

  1. Place the flour and salt in the work bowl of a food processor.
  2. Add the butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Add the cold water 1 tablespoon at a time and pulse just until the dough comes together.
  4. Turn the dough out onto a floured counter and roll it to a thickness of 1/8 inch.
  5. Use a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter or juice glass to punch out about 18 circles of dough.
  6. Grease 2 regular 12 cup muffin tins.
  7. Press each circle into 1 cup, gently pushing the dough part way up the side of each cup.
  8. (there will be some empty cups) chill the pastry in the muffin tins while you prepare the filling.
  9. Heat the oil in a largenonstick skillet, add the onions and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until they are soft and you are no longer crying.
  10. About 10 minutes stir in the sugar and continue cooking until the onions start to burn at any time.
  11. Season the carmelized inions with salt and pepper to taste and set them aside.
  12. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees divide the onion,mixture among the pastry shells beat the eggs with the fork in a measuring cup.
  13. Beat in the milk carefully pour a tablespoon or so into each pastry shell.
  14. Bake until the edges of the pastry turn golden brown and the filling is set.
  15. ,about 20 minutes.
  16. Unmold tartlets by running a sharp knife around the edge and turning them gently onto a kitchen towel.
  17. Serve the tatlets warm with champagne or a fancy cocktail- this is not beer food!
  18. Makes 18 tartlets.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 455.56 Kcal (1907 kJ)
Calories from fat 256.39 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 28.49g 44%
Cholesterol 103.32mg 34%
Sodium 975.03mg 41%
Potassium 247.49mg 5%
Total Carbs 42.67g 14%
Sugars 5.77g 23%
Dietary Fiber 5.14g 21%
Protein 8.2g 16%
Vitamin C 5.1mg 9%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 2.4mg 14%
Calcium 167.2mg 17%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 219.93 Kcal (921 kJ)
Calories from fat 123.78 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.75g 44%
Cholesterol 49.88mg 34%
Sodium 470.71mg 41%
Potassium 119.48mg 5%
Total Carbs 20.6g 14%
Sugars 2.79g 23%
Dietary Fiber 2.48g 21%
Protein 3.96g 16%
Vitamin C 2.5mg 9%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 6%
Iron 1.2mg 14%
Calcium 80.7mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 10.7
    Points
  • 12
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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