something like a onion jam
Ingredients
300 gm of sliced onions
2 tablespoons of grape seed oil
2/3 cup of red wine
40 gm of white sugar
salt
pepper
1 puff pastry
Fresh Thyme
Method
Peel and slice onions. Heat oil in a medium saucepan; add onions, cover and leave to cook on low heat until translucent regularly monitoring cooking process (approximately 30 minutes). I kept it on number 2 on electric cooker. If you do not wish to monitor cooking process, add 1.5 dl. of water and remove extra water when onions are set.
Add red wine, sugar, a pinch of salt and a turn of pepper mill. Leave to cook until there is no wine left monitoring cooking process (approximately 1 hour). Reserve and leave to cool in your refrigerator.
This confit can be kept in fridge for some time and can be made ahead. You can either make a full tart with the circular base and with confit on top with cut olives and anchovies for decoration or cut individual circles of dough. See recipe for Onion Confit Tartlets.
Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F). Cut out circles of dough (diameter 7 cm or 2.75 inches). Prick with a fork. Add a bit of onion confit on each circle and some fresh thyme on top. Bake for 15 minutes.
NB: there are other recipes that do not use wine or grape seed oil.
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